Paola Maria Sesia She is a tenured professor-researcher at the ciesas-South Pacific. She is a historian, medical anthropologist and health specialist, with a doctorate in sociocultural anthropology and a master's degree in public health. Her areas of expertise include maternal, neonatal and reproductive health, maternal and infant mortality, as well as nutrition issues. Her interests stem from a perspective that contemplates public policies in health, social inequality, structural violence and human rights, with a particular focus on the health of indigenous peoples. She has coordinated the publication of eight books and has published more than forty articles or chapters. She has been regional director of ciesas-She has been a member of the National System of Researchers since 2003. She has been a member of the National System of Researchers since 2003.

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Pandemic, Year 2. Different Experiences, Shared Dilemmas and Multiple Reflections from Medical Anthropology Around Covid 19

  • Mark Nichter
  • Rosa Maria Osorio
  • Sahra Gibbon

  • moderator Lina Rosa Berrio
  • moderator Paola Maria Sesia

We have invited three specialists from the field of medical anthropology to reflect on their respective experiences and knowledge of Mexico, Great Britain, the United States and India, all of them countries deeply affected by the pandemic, even if in very different ways, and whose management of the pandemic has been oriented in different directions. This allows us to contrast the diversity of official responses to the health and economic crisis.