Public health, tuberculosis eradication & conservation programs in Ache communit

Department of Anthropology 
Dr. A. Magdalena Hurtado
 
Geographic Area Served

International
Project Description
Eradicate tuberculosis Improve quality of life and health Promote public health and conservation indigenous leadership


Background: Public need - to eradicate infectious diseases and to improve the quality of life and health of the poorest of the poor in the Americas, indigenous peoples.

The dissertation research of several graduate students in anthropology is part of this project. Information/data generated by this project is presented in classes such as Anth 150 Evolution and Human Emergence, Anth 450 Global health: Disease in past and present environments, UHON 401 Epidemics, Pandemics and the Future of Humankind, Anth 450 Anthropology of Health, Anth 450 Health and Poverty
 
Eligibility
None
 
Contact Information:
Location Mailing Address
UNM Main Campus
Department of Anthropology
Albuquerque
NM
87131-0001
 UNM Main Campus
Department of Anthropology
Albuquerque
NM
87131-0001
 
Email Telephone
A. Magdalena Hurtado amhurtad@unm.edu
 
 
 
 
 
 
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