This work intends to describe the humanitarian response to the cholera epidemic carried out by the international health non-governmental organisation Doctors with Africa CUAMM in the provinces of Zambezia, Sofala and Tete in Mozambique. The knowledge and practices of applied medical anthropology have proved to be fundamental in the management of prevention and monitoring activities in homes where cases of cholera have been identified and confirmed. The collection and management of data relating to the epidemiological curve has represented a challenge in the field and pose considerable theoretical problems with respect to the representation, public discourse and policies of local government and large international donors in response to health emergencies caused by the ecological crisis-climate, especially in Africa and Mozambique.

Occa, E. (2023). Outlining a ‘Semantic Anthropology of Data Science’ The Humanitarian Response to the Cholera Epidemic of Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Mozambique. ANTHROPOLOGY IN ACTION, 30(3), 40-48 [10.3167/aia.2023.300305].

Outlining a ‘Semantic Anthropology of Data Science’ The Humanitarian Response to the Cholera Epidemic of Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Mozambique

Occa, E
2023

Abstract

This work intends to describe the humanitarian response to the cholera epidemic carried out by the international health non-governmental organisation Doctors with Africa CUAMM in the provinces of Zambezia, Sofala and Tete in Mozambique. The knowledge and practices of applied medical anthropology have proved to be fundamental in the management of prevention and monitoring activities in homes where cases of cholera have been identified and confirmed. The collection and management of data relating to the epidemiological curve has represented a challenge in the field and pose considerable theoretical problems with respect to the representation, public discourse and policies of local government and large international donors in response to health emergencies caused by the ecological crisis-climate, especially in Africa and Mozambique.
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data interpretation; epidemic; humanitarian response; medical anthropology; Mozambique;
English
2023
30
3
40
48
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Occa, E. (2023). Outlining a ‘Semantic Anthropology of Data Science’ The Humanitarian Response to the Cholera Epidemic of Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Mozambique. ANTHROPOLOGY IN ACTION, 30(3), 40-48 [10.3167/aia.2023.300305].
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