This study analyzes how health policies and medical practices shape care, management, and research surrounding hydatidosis, a neglected infectious disease, in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, from a critical perspective of the Global South.
Based on interviews with healthcare professionals and the analysis of technical documents and public policies, the results identify a medical management characterized by dependence on international guidelines, authoritarian practices, and weakening of local technical autonomy, as well as fragmented work processes, with a predominance of biomedical and technocratic models.
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