Alejandro Ceron (MPH Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala 2006)
Research Interests:
Pluralistic medical systems, comparative health systems, health as human right, anthropology of pharmaceuticals, socio-cultural epidemiology; K'iche'-Mayan, Ladinos and social stratification in Guatemala, Latin American immigrants in the US
"As many in my generation, I embraced the dreams of radical social change envisioned by Latin American revolutionaries, but I was still young when they failed in Guatemala. As a Ladino who grew up in a working class neighborhood in Guatemala City, I did not experience the massacres in rural villages or the genocide directed toward Mayan people. Nevertheless, the history of violence and social exclusion that has characterized my country is a part of who I am. I am committed to the collective imagining of a society with no exclusion and to working toward its realization. I believe that academic work in anthropology can help me fulfill that commitment."
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Selected Publications:
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“Health sector reform and political organizing in Guatemala”. Alejandro Cerón and Meredith Fort. In Perlman, Daniel and Ananya Roy (editors) The practice of international health: a case-based orientation. Oxford: Oxford Press.
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Prácticas poblacionales en salud: implicaciones y oportunidades para el sistema de salud. (Population health practices: implications and opportunities for the health system). Alejandro Cerón and Patricia Cortés. United Nations Development Program in Guatemala. |
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“The struggle for people’s health”. Alejandro Cerón, Abhijit Das and Meredith Fort. In: Fort, Meredith; Mercer, Mary Anne and Oscar Gish (ed). Sickness and wealth: the corporate assault on global health. Cambridge: South End Press. |
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Monitoreo del derecho a la salud en Guatemala (Monitoring right to health in Guatemala). Alejandro Cerón and Leslie Ramirez. Guatemala: Instancia Nacional de Salud. |
2003 |
“La distribución del presupuesto de salud es inequitativa” (The distribution of public health budget is unequal). Alejandro Cerón. Portadores de Sueños #5 (Instancia Nacional de Salud’s Quarterly Publication). |
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