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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 511-523 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Anthropologica |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- Access to health care
- Global health
- HIV/AIDS
- Malawi
- Social capital
- Vulnerability
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anthropology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)