The Sanumá-Yanomami medical system and indigenous peoples' health policy in Brazil

The purpose of this study is to discuss how the Sanumá indigenous people, a subgroup of the Yanomami linguistic family, located in northern Roraima State, Brazil, interacts with and relates to the public policy for indigenous people's health. Missionaries and Brazilian government and non-govern...

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Published in:Cadernos de saúde pública 2015-10, Vol.31 (10), p.2148-2156
Main Author: Guimarães, Sílvia Maria Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Anthropology, Cultural
Brazil
Health Policy
Health Services, Indigenous
Humans
Indians, South American
Public Policy
Shamanism
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Summary:The purpose of this study is to discuss how the Sanumá indigenous people, a subgroup of the Yanomami linguistic family, located in northern Roraima State, Brazil, interacts with and relates to the public policy for indigenous people's health. Missionaries and Brazilian government and non-governmental organization employees are the agents with whom the Sanumá had to deal during the implementation of a healthcare policy. The ethnography of this interrelationship, permeated by moments of epidemic outbreaks, clashes, and attempts at collaboration, raises questions on the implementation of health services in indigenous territories.
ISSN:1678-4464
DOI:10.1590/0102-311X00194414