Anthropological Perspectives on HIV/AIDS Transmission During Delivery

Pascale Hancart Petitet (1)

1 CReCSS - Centre de Recherche Cultures, Santé, Sociétés (JE 2424)

This paper presents a theoretical framework of anthropological research on the question of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in general and in Tamil Nadu in particular, by confronting this problematic with different approaches in the anthropology of reproduction. I will first briefly consider the question of MTCT from the point of view of public health and then suggest research perspectives in the "socio-cultural" anthropology of reproduction presented by the problematic of MTCT and HIV. Finally, I will discuss to what extent other anthropological approaches ("medical", "social change" and "political") open multiple research perspectives on the question of MTCT and HIV.

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Pascale Hancart Petitet. Anthropological Perspectives on HIV/AIDS Transmission During Delivery. Patrice Cohen. AIDS and Maternity in India. From Public Health to Social Sciences Perspectives. Emerging themes and Debates, French Institute of Pondicherry, pp.211-224, 2004. ⟨hal-00347169⟩