ANTHRO 134A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Insect Repellent, Medical Anthropology, Microcephaly
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It is linked to patterns of urbanization, the more people you have in a crowded place the easier it is to spread zika, These do(cid:374)"t re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ize the situatio(cid:374)s that people are li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) a(cid:374)d their i(cid:374)a(cid:271)ility to follow these recommendations. Women are seen to be responsible for preventing zika and microcephaly. Some articles talk about moralizing discourse and is linked around race and class. Also, preventing pregnancy is also the responsibility of the women. Women are more likely to be taking care of the kids with microcephaly and that entire burden is placed on women without recognizing the broader situation that women are living in. 60% of people live in cities and that has disease implications. People are moving around much more often and we produce this globalized world and economy which also brings along the movement of disease as well. Human migration patterns an urbanization patterns have a substantial effect on disease.