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Medical sovereignty in Eritrea: Reducing maternal mortality and challenging global health humanitarianism in Africa.

This article examines how Eritrea's realization of Millennium Development Goal 5 (the reduction of maternal mortality) reveals the complex workings of medical sovereignty in sub‐Saharan Africa. Through the case study of Eritrea, I demonstrate how postcolonial African countries might approach structu...

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Published in:Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 393 - 407
Main Author: Asfaha, Dina Michael
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2024
Subjects:
Eritrea
Africa
UN Millennium Project
Gender role
Social hierarchies
Universal healthcare
Maternal mortality
Sub-Saharan Africans
World health
Countries
Patient autonomy
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