Mother, Child and Community in Rural Malawi: Security-Seeking Behaviour and the Role of Under-Five Clinics

Authors

  • Anat Rosenthal McGill University

Keywords:

HIV/AIDS, Malawi, global health, access to health care, social capital, vulnerability

Abstract

Health care delivery has emerged as a major challenge in global health. Despite unprecedented advances in medicine, as well as significant financial investments, innovations in health have yet to reach most of the world's population. Under-Five Clinics in rural Malawi offer a window onto how rural African communities are responding to new initiatives in health care. This article claims that participation in Under-Five Clinics is part of a broader social process of security-seeking behaviour in which individuals work to improve their sense of human security in an environment of extreme poverty, lack of adequate employment and limited access to health care services.

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Published

2015-11-30

How to Cite

Rosenthal, A. (2015). Mother, Child and Community in Rural Malawi: Security-Seeking Behaviour and the Role of Under-Five Clinics. Anthropologica, 57(2), 511–523. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/443

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 2 (2015): Shamanism, Religious Renewal and Empowerment in Indigenous Societies / Consent, Collaboration, Treaty: Toward Anti-Colonial Praxis in Indigenous Settler Research Relations

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