🎉🎉🎉Hoping everyone a happy and healthy 2024!🎉🎉🎉 Here is an overview of the two final issues of last year’s Medical Anthropology.

Vol 42 Issue 7 includes seven fascinating articles that focus on #dementia prevention, #mentalhealth , drug dependency, coca-leaf production, #HIV prevention, antibacterial resistance, and ethics.

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There is hope for progress in #dementia prevention, but also ambiguity in it. Liebling, Cynthia Lazzaroni & Petersen argue optimism is not an illusion, but it should take into consideration the social vectors that shape preventive gerontechnologies. #OpenAccess
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Visibility matters when raising awareness on mental health & making issues clinically actionable. But with it also comes stigma. Lars Rune Christensen & Hasib Ahsan’s research in #Jordan underlines this dilemma amid calls for increased datafication.

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Treating drug dependency means walking a fine line between remedy & illegality. Sanaullah Khan’s research on #methadone maintenance treatment centers in #Baltimore shows how noncompliance becomes common practice among clients as they walk this fine line.

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For thousands of farmers in #Colombia , coca-leaf production is a politically charged agricultural practice. Acero & colleagues discuss how farmers navigate the structural risks of coca-leaf cultivation amid stringent anti-narcotics policies.

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In #China ’s fight against #HIV , organisations are required to reach HIV-testing quotas. This, however, leads to data being manipulated/watered down & produces collusive partnerships between community organisations and low-level government officials.

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Rates of antibiotic consumption among Catalans are among the highest in #Europe . Why? Adam Brisley, Helen Lambert & Carla Rodrigues invite us for a closer look into historical processes & deficient systems of health and social care provision in #Spain .

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