Which of the following statements describes the experience of rural Tanzanians who were interested in becoming health activists?

a.biosocialityb.biomedicinec.illness narratived.traumaPolitical organization around a biosocial identity in order to demand health-related interventionsby the state or other organizations is calleda.structural challengeb.health activismc.cosmopolitan medicined.none of the aboveGovernment recognition of citizens’ health needs and intervention on their behalf is calleda.health activismb.structural recognitionc.cosmopolitan medicined.biological citizenshipAnthropologists Joao Biehl is concerned that regional governments in Brazil have been forced toalter their health budgets drastically to accommodate the demand for high-cost medicines likeantiretroviral drugs. He calls this phenomenona.structural violenceb.embodied inequalityc.the pharmaceuticalization of public healthd.the socialization of medicine

Which of the following statements describes what medical anthropologist Rebecca Marslandfound when she studied how antiretroviral (ARV) therapy was being localized in rural Tanzaniain 2009?a.AIDS sufferers organized around their biosocial statusb.AIDS sufferers were unwilling to advertise their HIV status, fearing ostracism by familyand neighborsc.AIDS patients were unwilling to join a self-help group unless it offered tangible materialbenefits.d.Both b and c.Which of the following statements describes the position of rural Tanzanian AIDs patients whomRebecca Marsland knew in rural Tanzania?a.The demands that a pharmaceutical places on the body cannot always be placed beforethe hunger and the health of one’s family.b. The demands that a pharmaceutical places on the body of the individual receivingtreatment must always get priority.c.Tanzanian AIDS patients regarded themselves as autonomous individuals responsiblefor managing a treatment regime designed for their individual health needs alone.d. AIDS patients in rural Tanzania were always able to find sufficient food so that they neverhad to take their ARVs on an empty stomach.Which of the following statements describes the experience of rural Tanzanians who wereinterested in becoming health activists?a.Their efforts were supported by a legal regime, inherited from the colonial period, whichstrongly supports grassroots organizing.b.Their efforts were undermined by a legal regime, inherited from the colonial period,which strictly controls grassroots organizing.c.NGO managers are eager to share resources and partner with self-help groupsorganized by poor AIDS patients.d.AIDS patients were increasingly successful as health activists.

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