Changing landscapes, changing practice: Negotiating access to sleeping sickness services in a post-conflict society

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue , 2014, Pages 396-404

  Palmer, Jennifer J ^a   Kelly, Ann H ^a,b   Surur, Elizeous I ^c   Checchi, Francesco ^a   Jones, Caroline ^a,d,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Philosophy Sociology and Anthropology University of Exeter ^*  (Sudan)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case detection; Displacement; Equity; Ethnicity; Human African trypanosomiasis; Medical humanitarianism; Sleeping sickness; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EQUITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HUMANITARIAN AID; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POLITICS; REFUGEE; SCREENING; SUDAN; WAR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

SOUTH SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SUDAN; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; WAR;

EID: 84910074464     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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