Taking Opportunities, Taking Medicines
Antibiotic Use in Rural Eastern Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4564469 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Nayiga (0000-0002-1895-4035, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda, corresponding author), Laurie Denyer Willis (0000-0003-2630-9092, Department of Social Anthropology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK), Sarah G Staedke (0000-0003-2505-821X, Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda), Clare Chandler (0000-0001-6499-7522, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 418-430 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-5882 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01459740.2022.2047676 |
| PMID | 35324360 |
| OpenAlex | W4220688638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
The ways in which dimensions of health and healthcare intersect with economics and politics in particular contexts requires close attention. In this article we connect concerns about antibiotic overuse in Uganda to the social milieu created through policies that follow President Museveni's vision for a population who kulembeka , "tap wealth." Ethnographic fieldwork in rural Eastern Uganda illustrates how taking medicines in rural households reflects a wider landscape of everyday imperatives to "tap" opportunities in a context of acute precarity. We argue for a closer connection between medical and economic anthropology to push forward understanding of health, medicines and wellbeing in Africa
Antibiotics · Geography · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Traditional medicine · Antibiotic Use and Resistance · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |