Saberes andinos en respuesta a la pandemia COVID-19 y sus secuelas en la comunidad San Andrés de Taday, Cañar 2023-2024

Abstract

The global health crisis caused by COVID - 19 caused a considerable increase in the vulnerability situation of some groups and exacerbated in other populations; the Andean indigenous areas are among this group, since they had to face the need for health with the available knowledge: among them, the use of medicinal plants as an alternative and as part of a baggage of knowledge and culture. The objective of this research is to describe Andean knowledge in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath in the community of San Andrés de Taday, Cañar Province. It was based on the interpretative paradigm, with a qualitative design and descriptive scope, as a method to obtain data, in-depth interviews will be applied and we will work with focus groups and community social actors (healers and/or midwives) of the study population; the information gathered will allow us to know the reality of the population and fulfill the objective of the research. The results obtained in the present work will serve as a reference to have real data about the study population and the application of ancestral knowledge in the pandemic and will allow exploring the perceptions and knowledge about the pandemic and its sequels, the therapeutic practices and experiences for the treatment of COVID-19.