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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
wiley   +1 more source

Burden and Correlates of Child Undernutrition Based on the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) in Bangladesh: Evidence From the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

open access: yesMaternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite economic growth and poverty reduction, child undernutrition is still widespread in Bangladesh. This study aimed to evaluate both the burden and correlates of undernutrition among children under five in Bangladesh using the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF).
Fazley Amin, Md Taj Uddin
wiley   +1 more source

A Polyphonic Debate on Social Equity Budgeting

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper is polyphonic (i.e., a debate involving multiple perspectives) and highlights emerging interdisciplinary thoughts on past, current, and future social equity budgeting (SEB). We present a vision for the field and emphasize the potential impact of this paper. We hope to enliven debates regarding context, underpinning philosophies, and
Bruce D. McDonald III   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Gaps in Bolivian Neurosurgery: A Systematic Review and Proposed Framework for Resource Implementation. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus
Roach CS   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Limited drought tolerance in the neotropical seasonally dry forest plants impairs future species richness

open access: yesPlant Biology, EarlyView.
Global climate change will likely modify the plant assemblages of the Neotropical seasonally dry forest based on the physiological capabilities of the species. Abstract Neotropical seasonal dry forest (NSDF) is one of the most threatened ecosystems according to global climate change predictions.
A. Manrique‐Ascencio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological restoration in rights‐of‐nature laws and restoration as a substantive right of nature: challenges and opportunities

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Introduction A growing number of countries have adopted legislation that recognizes nature as a subject of rights. The purpose of many rights‐of‐nature laws is linked to restoring biodiversity and ecosystems. Consequently, an ecosystem's right to restoration has emerged as a substantive right of nature.
Mariam C. Kanyama
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to leprosy elimination in Bolivia: Exploring perspectives and experiences of medical professionals and leprosy patients-A phenomenological study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Negl Trop Dis
Messa Carmona P   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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