Global Health and the Village: Transnational Contexts Governing Birth in Northern Uganda

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Sarah Rudrum

Global Health and the Village

Transnational Contexts Governing Birth in Northern Uganda

Sarah Rudrum

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English

University of Toronto Press
09 December 2021

Rural communities; Gender studies: women; Social research & statistics; Health economics; Public health & preventive medicine

The accounts of women navigating pregnancy in a post-conflict setting are characterized by widespread poverty, weak infrastructure, and inadequate health services. With a focus on a remote rural agrarian community in northern Uganda, Global Health and the Village brings the complex local and transnational factors governing women’s access to safe maternity care into view. In examining local cultural, social, economic, and health system factors shaping maternity care and birth, Rudrum also analyzes the encounter between ambitious global health goals and the local realities. Interrogating how culture and technical problems are framed in international health interventions, Rudrum reveals that the objectifying and colonizing premises on which interventions are based often result in the negative consequences in local healthcare.

By: Sarah Rudrum
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781487504557
ISBN 10: 1487504551
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 09 December 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Rudrum is an associate professor of sociology at Acadia University.

Reviews for Global Health and the Village: Transnational Contexts Governing Birth in Northern Uganda

Global Health and the Village is a compelling account of the social organization of maternity care in Amuru - a northern Ugandan village recovering from war. Moving beyond culturalist explanations, Rudrum relates pregnancy and childbirth practices in Amuru to the material conditions that shape women's lives and their health. This book is a must-read for global health practitioners as it challenges several taken-for-granted 'truths' in global health. - Ramya Kumar, Lecturer, Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka This book is an engaging and nuanced ethnography of the everyday local and transnational politics that organize maternity care and birth in northern Uganda. Global Health and the Village provides readers with a critical and accessible account of the material conditions and exercises of power that shape maternity health care. Beautifully written, this text will be of interest to readers across disciplinary and institutional contexts. Rudrum has a clear and compelling voice that keeps you turning the page to uncover the ruling relations at play that coordinate local actualities. - Daniel Grace, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto