Digital monthly

10/2023

Medical anthropology

Medical anthropology: Global health and social inequalities

The COVID-19 pandemic was not the first incident to show how closely connected health issues are to global contexts and social inequalities. Medical anthropologists examine these connections in an increasingly interconnected world

Multilateral institution

WHO assesses how human health and natural environment are linked

One Health approach amounts to an appeal to reduce global inequalities

Evidence-based policy

Global One-Health debate is not properly balanced

Top-down approaches dominate One-Health agenda in high-income countries, while bottom-up approaches prevail elsewhere