Locating Zika Social Change and Governance in an Ahe of Mosquito Pandemics

• Main Author: Socorro Veloso de Albuquerque, Maria do (auth)
• Other Authors: Valongueiro Alves, Sandra (auth), Velho Barreto de Araújo, Thália (auth), Bardosh, Kevin (auth), Bennett, Priscilla (auth), Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J. (auth), Briceño-León, Roberto (auth), Fuentes-Vallejo, Mauricio (auth), Fujii, Yui (auth), García-Betancourt, Tatiana (auth), Gómez-Dantés, Héctor (auth), González-Uribe, Catalina (auth), Guevara, Milady (auth), Henderson, Rebecca Rose (auth), Heydari, Naveed (auth), Maciel Lyra, Tereza (auth), Manrique-Saide, Pablo (auth), Corrêa Matta, Gustavo (auth), Lopes de Melo, Ana Paula (auth), Silva, Lenir da (auth), Nascimento (auth), Oliveira Nogueira, Carolina de (auth), Pavía-Ruz, Norma (auth), Pimentel, Camila (auth), Quintero, Juliana (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
• Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology
• Subjects: Anthropology; Zika virus; infection; epidemiology; Latin America
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The emergence of Zika virus challenged conventional ideas of mosquito-borne diseases, tested the resilience of health systems and embedded itself within local sociocultural worlds, with major implications for environmental, sexual, reproductive and paediatric health. This book explores this complex viral epidemic and situates it within its broader social, epidemiological and historical context in Latin America and the Caribbean. The chapters include a diverse set of case studies from scholars and health practitioners working across the region, from Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia, the United States and Haiti. The book explores how mosquito-borne disease epidemics (not only Zika but also chikungunya, dengue and malaria) intersect with social change and health governance. By doing so, the authors reflect on the ways in which situated knowledge and social science approaches can contribute to more effective health.