With the advent of vaccines, the world has a chance to see a real end to the COVID-19 pandemic. To make this possible, however, it is necessary that all groups of people are considered. Contexts of informal settlements and populations such as the homeless and migrants are often forgotten by vaccination campaigns. In this study, carried out as a result of a collaboration with MEDU, a non-profit association aimed at bringing healthcare to vulnerable populations, we provide important data related to the vaccination campaign carried out in the informal settlements of Rome. The objectives of this work are to (1) evaluate vaccination coverage in these contexts, (2) assess the gap with the vaccination coverage of the Italian population and try to hypothesize the causes, and (3) provide recommendations for how humanitarian associations can respond to reduce this gap. We observed important differences in vaccination coverage depending on the type of settlement. The percentage of vaccinated people in these contexts at the beginning of October range between 14.4% and 55.5%, underlining an important gap with the vaccination rate of Italy’s population, which is close to 80%. The data also show that particular attention must be paid to the transiting and irregular people as they are more at risk for a lack of access to vaccination. With this study, in which we provide recommendations that integrate MEDU’s fieldwork experience with the advice of the Framework report, we hope we can help those who work in similar contexts, to carry out a fair and effective vaccination campaign.
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an important risk factor for migrants’ health. Paul Farmer highlighted the risk of global health response in emergency conditions exacerbating global and social inequalities. We argue that this is the case for quarantine ships and migrants’ management during the pandemic. Every aspect of infection-control and prevention measures acquires detention characteristics in these situations. With emphasis to the evolution of the doctor-patient relationship and to the anthropological and cultural aspects that were established during the pandemic, this article aims to provide an integrated view where physicians and anthropologists collaborate to deepen the understanding of the topic.
L'articolo è il prodotto di un'indagine etnografica sviluppata sul territorio di confine della Frontera Sur, che separa l'Africa dall'Europa. L'etnografia è stata condotta sui due lati della frontiera, in Marocco e a Ceuta (Spagna), e ha riguardato l'osservazione e la partecipazione alla vita nei campi di sopravvivenza, di azione e di reclusione di un gruppo di migranti subsahariani in viaggio. Attraverso una metodologia etnografica di raccolta di storie di vita e di viaggio sono stati analizzati i discorsi e le pratiche elaborate dai migranti con lo scopo di pensare e agire lo spazio violento del confine: attraversamenti del muro frontaliero, superamento dei dispositivi di controllo e pratiche di vita negli spazi confinanti. I discorsi dei soggetti e il racconto comune dell'avventura migratoria hanno permesso di far emergere la presenza sociale e politica delle soggettività. Questa presenza è espressa dal grido Boza: categoria emica che permette ai migranti di significare l'agire dinamico, denso e mirato alla riuscita migratoria.
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