Michelle Munyikwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 106615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Munyikwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Munyikwa |
| SIGNATURE | MUNYIKWA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0794-1754 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rethinking paediatric sepsis care through local provider voices and lived systems
BACKGROUND: Paediatric sepsis remains a significant cause of mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where health systems are often resource-constrained. Global sepsis protocols, although effective in high-income settings, may not be well-suited to LMIC contexts. METHODS: We conducted a mixed-methods study in two hospitals in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo (PreHA)…
What Could Be, But Never Has Been
The US's authority as chief enforcer of human rights grows increasingly illusory as civil unrest brings the quotidian nature of racialised human rights violations in the US into a frame shared by authoritarian regimes. This reality animates my analysis of how an organisation I call Doctors for Humanity (DfH) finds its footing in a terrain of human rights enforcement that is shifting from a global to a domestic focus. The US is not an actual space…
(De)Racializing Refugee Medicine
Based on ethnographic research within refugee-serving institutions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), this paper examines the relationship between physicians and the knowledge they produce and consume about caring for refugees from around the world. I explore the "seething presence" of race in refugee medicine, a domain of medical practice whose entanglement with racial ideology and practice has been underexamined. I consider how knowledge abou…
My Covid-19 Diary, Part 2
Written in weekly instalments, Michelle Munyikwa's Covid-19 diary reflects upon the experience of an unfolding pandemic from her dual role as a medical trainee and anthropologist living in the United States. In this second instalment of her diary Covid-19 dairy, the author reflects upon ethics, risk, pandemic futures and the murder of George Floyd as the crisis continues in the United States
My Covid-19 Diary
Written in weekly instalments, Michelle Munyikwa's Covid-19 diary reflects upon the experience of an unfolding pandemic from her dual role as a medical trainee and anthropologist living in the United States. Her observations centre on everyday encounters with scenes or objects that reflect the growing crisis, from the absence of masks outside patient rooms to emergent forms of care through telemedicine. The diary follows the author as she experie…
Revelations for ABA Section News
Racialization, Affect, and Refuge
My Covid-19 Diary
Written in weekly instalments, Michelle Munyikwa's Covid-19 diary reflects upon the experience of an unfolding pandemic from her dual role as a medical trainee and anthropologist living in the United States. Her observations centre on everyday encounters with scenes or objects that reflect the growing crisis, from the absence of masks outside patient rooms to emergent forms of care through telemedicine. The diary follows the author as she experie…
(De)Racializing Refugee Medicine
Based on ethnographic research within refugee-serving institutions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), this paper examines the relationship between physicians and the knowledge they produce and consume about caring for refugees from around the world. I explore the "seething presence" of race in refugee medicine, a domain of medical practice whose entanglement with racial ideology and practice has been underexamined. I consider how knowledge abou…
Racialization, Affect, and Refuge
Revelations for ABA Section News
(De)Racializing Refugee Medicine
Based on ethnographic research within refugee-serving institutions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), this paper examines the relationship between physicians and the knowledge they produce and consume about caring for refugees from around the world. I explore the "seething presence" of race in refugee medicine, a domain of medical practice whose entanglement with racial ideology and practice has been underexamined. I consider how knowledge abou…
My Covid-19 Diary, Part 2
Written in weekly instalments, Michelle Munyikwa's Covid-19 diary reflects upon the experience of an unfolding pandemic from her dual role as a medical trainee and anthropologist living in the United States. In this second instalment of her diary Covid-19 dairy, the author reflects upon ethics, risk, pandemic futures and the murder of George Floyd as the crisis continues in the United States
My Covid-19 Diary
Written in weekly instalments, Michelle Munyikwa's Covid-19 diary reflects upon the experience of an unfolding pandemic from her dual role as a medical trainee and anthropologist living in the United States. Her observations centre on everyday encounters with scenes or objects that reflect the growing crisis, from the absence of masks outside patient rooms to emergent forms of care through telemedicine. The diary follows the author as she experie…
What Could Be, But Never Has Been
The US's authority as chief enforcer of human rights grows increasingly illusory as civil unrest brings the quotidian nature of racialised human rights violations in the US into a frame shared by authoritarian regimes. This reality animates my analysis of how an organisation I call Doctors for Humanity (DfH) finds its footing in a terrain of human rights enforcement that is shifting from a global to a domestic focus. The US is not an actual space…
Rethinking paediatric sepsis care through local provider voices and lived systems
BACKGROUND: Paediatric sepsis remains a significant cause of mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where health systems are often resource-constrained. Global sepsis protocols, although effective in high-income settings, may not be well-suited to LMIC contexts. METHODS: We conducted a mixed-methods study in two hospitals in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Presbyterian Hospital, Agogo (PreHA)…
Sociology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminology (2 works)