Rapid Response publishes essays that relate to rapidly evolving experiences.
Members of the MAQ community are invited to submit material for Rapid Responses–either contributions to an existing series or ideas for a new series–directly to the Online MAQ Editor for consideration. Submissions will be reviewed expediently and posted as quickly as possible.
Rapid Response publishes pieces from SMA’s “Takes A Stand”, an initiative which encourages medical anthropologists to collaborate on policy-related reviews and briefs.
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Contraception during COVID-19: experiences from rural, indigenous communities in Guatemala
Andrea Garcia, Meghna Nandi, Sandy Mux, Anita Chary and Kirsten Austad Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance (*Con traducción al español) Rosa,[1] a 38-year-old Maya woman, receives a phone call from a nurse at the nongovernmental organization (NGO),Wuqu’ Kawoq, from which she has…
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COVID-19 and the Birth of the Virtual Doula
As doulas and anthropologists, we have anxiously followed North American hospital policies that limit the number of support people who may accompany a birthing person to the hospital. We’ve wondered what these shifting policies mean for doulas – birth workers who provide continuous emotional, physical, and informational support to pregnant and laboring people –…
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COVID-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)/Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH)
An online collection curated by Emma Varley and Adrienne E. Strong COVID-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)/Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH): A Curated Online Collection | Emma Varley and Adrienne E. Strong Medical Protocols and Birth Practices: Breastfeeding in COVID-19 Cuba | Hope…
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The unknown known: the SARS past of Covid-19
A previous encounter with a coronavirus The Covid -19 pandemic has increased interest in past epidemics. Historians are being invited to speak about bygone plagues, from antiquity to the present. There is a strong focus on the Spanish Flu of 1918-19, but…
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An Idiot’s Guide to COVID-19: On Doing Ethics with Viruses
Images like this one have circulated widely since the first New England Journal of Medicine paper describing the emergence of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Dr. Na Zhu and colleagues use a rush of electrons to demonstrate a bizarre, mutual ensnaring of human…
