Au Mexique, les enjeux de la bataille pour l'eau
Au Mexique, la statuette à l'effigie de l'Enfant Jésus, appelée Niño Dios, est au coeur des religiosités populaires. Les Niño Dios " domestiques " dont traite cet article appartiennent à un panthéon bien plus vaste de Niño Dios visibles dans les églises, chapelles et lieux publics. Aux côtés d'autres figures qui personnifient un saint ou une divini...
Published in BMC Public Health
BackgroundThe importance of viewing health from a broader perspective than the mere presence or absence of disease is critical at primary healthcare level. However, there is scanty evidence-based stratification of population health using other criteria than morbidity-related indicators in developing countries. We propose a novel stratification of p...
Through three Latin American examples, the paradigmatic notion of 'multi-sited ethnography" is put to the test in relation to food heritage. After recalling its cultural and historical antecedents in Europe and Latin America, a first set of tensions between 'institutionalized heritage and 'ordinary heritage are analyzed. The phenomena of contestati...
Pendant plusieurs siècles, c'est essentiellement sous forme de boisson que le chocolat a été consommé au Mexique. Le chocolat à croquer, apparu au XXe siècle est toujours resté marginal, réservé à une élite urbaine. Ce n'est qu'à l'aune de la première décennie du XXIe siècle que plusieurs chocolateries fines se sont ouvertes à Mexico, rapidement su...
Published in AIDS and Behavior
Undiagnosed HIV infection is common among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) in Latin America. We examined uptake of a partner notification (PN) model among MSM and TW in Tijuana, Mexico. Forty-six HIV-positive MSM/TW enrolled as index patients, and reported 132 MSM/TW sexual partners for PN. Of notified partners (90/132), 3...
International audience
Background Research has been conducted on interventions to control dengue transmission and respond to outbreaks. A summary of the available evidence will help inform disease control policy decisions and research directions, both for dengue and, more broadly, for all Aedes-borne arboviral diseases. Method A research-to-policy forum was convened by T...
Published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) is the most populated urban area in the country. In 2010, MCMA required 14.8% of total energy domestic demand, but greenhouse gas emissions accounted for 7.7% of domestic emissions. Mexico has massive renewable energy potential that could be harnessed through solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. The problem to ex...