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TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF GLOBAL HEALTH
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Reviewed By: Society for Medical Anthropology
Thursday, December 4, 2014: 9:00 AM-10:45 AM

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This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Students, Those involved in mentoring activities
Organizers:  Anita Chary (Washington University in St. Louis) and Margaret E MacDonald (York University)
Chairs:  Anita Chary (Washington University in St. Louis) and Margaret E MacDonald (York University)
Discussants:  Rachel A Hall-Clifford (Agnes Scott College and NAPA-OT Field School)
9:00 AM
A “Technology for the Poor”: Social Debates about Alternative Cervical Cancer Screening in Guatemala
Anita Chary (Washington University in St. Louis)
9:15 AM
Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Global Health Imperative or an Elaborate Communication Tool?
Clare Isobel Chandler (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and Eleanor Hutchinson (LSHTM)
9:30 AM
Manufacturing Global Vaccines: What Happens to Old Problems with New Technologies?
Janice E Graham (Dalhousie University)
9:45 AM
Misoprostol: The Social Life of a Life-Saving Drug
Margaret E MacDonald (York University)
10:00 AM
Birth Registration: Making an Old Technology New Again in Tanzania
Summer Wood (New York University)
10:15 AM
Discussant
Rachel A Hall-Clifford (Agnes Scott College and NAPA-OT Field School)
10:30 AM
Discussion
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