Medical Anthropology
Scientists at University of Washington discuss research in medical anthropology
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 28th, 2010
"The number of people on antiretroviral treatment in Mozambique has increased by over 1,500 percent since it first became free and publicly available in 2004. The rising count of ''lives saved'' seems to portray a success story of high-tech treatment being provided in one of the poorest contexts in the world, as people with AIDS experience dramatic recoveries and live longer," investigators in the United States report.
"The ''scale-up'' has had significant social effects, however, as it unfolds in a region with a complicated history and persistent problems related to poverty. Hunger is the principal complaint of people on antiretroviral treatment. The inability of...
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