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dc.contributor.authorGrant, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-02T12:15:50Z
dc.date.available2017-10-02T12:15:50Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-23
dc.identifier.citationGrant, C. (2017). Anthropology and Health. K4D Helpdesk Report 183. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/13241
dc.description.abstractThis report focuses on providing global examples of how anthropological evidence and insights on health-related matters have been utilised in programmes and innovations. It also considers lessons learned and has a section focusing on socially conservative settings. Section 2 focuses on providing examples of how anthropology has been used, particularly focusing on the Ebola epidemic with a specific example of safe burials in this context. Section 3 which provides evidence on lessons learned from using anthropology in health settings and how to improve future programmes. Lastly section 4 concentrates on examples from socially conservative settings including an example of cholera transmission in the Horn of Africa, birth registration in Angola and polio vaccination in Somalia. This report is one of four related queries on behaviour change communication, behavioural economics, anthropology and health.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInstitute of Development Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesK4D Helpdesk Report;
dc.relation.ispartofseriesK4D Helpdesk Report;
dc.rights.urihttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/en
dc.subjectHealthen
dc.titleAnthropology and Healthen
dc.typeHelpdesken
dc.rights.holderDFIDen
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-08-23
rioxxterms.funderDefault funderen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectK4Den
rioxxterms.versionNAen
rioxxterms.funder.project0986883a-6d0f-4bb8-9c46-5e0682934d65en


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    K4D supports learning and the use of evidence to improve the impact of development policy and programmes. The programme is designed to assist the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other partners to be innovative and responsive to rapidly changing and complex development challenges.

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