@article{76f65e2b950e435aa89f9f4d6372d6f4,
title = "Taking opportunities, taking medicines: Antibiotic use in rural Eastern Uganda",
abstract = "The ways in which dimensions of health and healthcare intersect with economics and politics in particular contexts requires close attention. In this article we connect concerns about antibiotic overuse in Uganda to the social milieu created through policies that follow President Museveni{\textquoteright}s vision for a population who kulembeka, “tap wealth.” Ethnographic fieldwork in rural Eastern Uganda illustrates how taking medicines in rural households reflects a wider landscape of everyday imperatives to “tap” opportunities in a context of acute precarity. We argue for a closer connection between medical and economic anthropology to push forward understanding of health, medicines and wellbeing in Africa.",
keywords = "antibiotics, medicines, opportunity, precarity, rural, Uganda",
author = "Susan Nayiga and \{Denyer Willis\}, Laurie and Staedke, \{Sarah G.\} and Chandler, \{Clare I.R.\}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded under the Antimicrobials In Society (AMIS) grant awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) on behalf of the Antimicrobial Resistance Cross Council Initiative supported by the seven Research Councils UK (RCUK) in partnership with other funders [ES/P008100/1], and the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [D43TW010526]. Funding for the open access fee was provided by the Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of hygiene \& Tropical Medicine. We wish to thank our study participants in Nagongera, Tororo for their contribution to the data presented in this article. We are grateful to the district health teams, district veterinary and production office teams, health care providers, local council leaders and village health team members who provided support and guidance during the data collection process. We thank Christine Nabirye and Miriam Kayendeke for their valuable participation in conducting the participant feedback dialogues. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor \& Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2022",
month = may,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1080/01459740.2022.2047676",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "418--430",
journal = "Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness",
issn = "0145-9740",
publisher = "Taylor \& Francis",
number = "4",
}