Issues

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 1 – 6 PDF Sara L. M. Davis and Carmel Williams In Donna Haraway’s 1992 A Cyborg Manifesto, the medical anthropologist describes the cyborg as a “hybrid of machine and organism” living “on the boundary between…

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 227 – 242 PDF Lisa Montel, Anuj Kapilashrami, Michel P. Coleman, and Claudia Allemani Abstract The UK’s response to COVID-19 has been widely criticized by scientists and the public. According to EuroMOMO,…

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 125 – 138 PDF Shelley Brown, Gillian MacNaughton, and Courtenay Sprague Abstract South African women experience some of the highest rates of depression and anxiety globally. Despite South Africa’s laudable…

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 113 – 124 PDF Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Sophie E. Moore, and Rajavel Elango Abstract The First 1,000 Days approach highlights the importance of adequate nutrition in early life—from conception to a child’s…

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 285 – 290 PDF Omar Sultan Haque and Michael Ashley Stein Persons with disabilities have historically been discriminated against by society, including fulfilment of the right to equal access to health care.[1]…

Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 139 – 154 PDF Faraaz Mahomed, Jacqueline Bhabha, Michael Ashley Stein, and Dainius Pūras Abstract A human rights-based approach (HRBA) to health has long been seen as an important way in which to address…