This book explores issues surrounding measles and vaccination in
Pakistan. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, it focuses on
two major outbreaks in Sindh Province and on Pakistan’s vaccination
campaigns. The chapters examine the responses to outbreaks and
vaccination from various stakeholders including local people, the
Pakistani government and the WHO. Inayat Ali reflects on the competing
agendas, differing conceptualizations of measles and vaccination, and
the factors that lie behind these contestations. Situating outbreaks
within the institutionalized form of disparities, he analyzes the
rituals used to deal with measles and local resistance to vaccines in
Pakistan. The distinct imaginaries and practices related to measles
and vaccination are considered in national and global context, and the
book makes a valuable contribution to the development of an
anthropology of vaccination and medical anthropology of Pakistan.
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Cultural Beliefs, Structured Vulnerabilities, Mistrust, and Geo-Politics
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ISBN
9781000899252
Publisert
2024
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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