2003
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-59702003000500005
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Aperçu d'une anthropologie du vaccin: regards sur l'éthique d'une pratique humanitaire

Abstract: Deux pratiques interreliées, la médecine humanitaire et l'immunisation à caractère universel, posent certains problèmes d'éthique. Afin de jeter un peu de lumière sur la question, nous présenterons quelques balises historiques indispensables à la compréhension des programmes contemporains de vaccination et nous soulèverons certains problèmes anthropologiques que pose cette pratique au plan des représentations du corps et de la santé dans les populations. Deux exemples de pratiques humanitaires de vaccination, … Show more

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“…Immunization remains one of most cost-effective health interventions [ 3 , 4 ] and has proven to prevent up to 24% of the 10 million yearly deaths of children under five [ 5 ]. Nevertheless, vaccination has always faced multiple adversities [ 6 - 11 ], the most recent being the suspicion that it is an international conspiracy against selected communities, particularly those in developing countries [ 12 - 15 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Immunization remains one of most cost-effective health interventions [ 3 , 4 ] and has proven to prevent up to 24% of the 10 million yearly deaths of children under five [ 5 ]. Nevertheless, vaccination has always faced multiple adversities [ 6 - 11 ], the most recent being the suspicion that it is an international conspiracy against selected communities, particularly those in developing countries [ 12 - 15 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Vaccination uptake is thus considered to be highly culturally sensitive, influenced by local perceptions on childhood diseases and decisional processes in households [ 28 ]. While some authors emphasize that vaccination uptake has a cultural foundation in some African communities[ 11 , 29 - 33 ], others attribute low achievement of immunization to cultural discrepancies [ 6 , 34 - 36 ] and some etiological considerations regarding preventable diseases have even been identified as "cultural prejudice" [ 12 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%