The Tanzania research team recently conducted a series of stakeholder visits in Dar es Salaam, establishing collaborations with academic and environmental partners and exploring the challenges and opportunities surrounding single-use medical plastics in healthcare.

Millie Marriott Webb presented research on the human and environmental impacts of single-use medical plastics at the student-led SoMA 2026 Medical Anthropology and the Technocene conference.

A screening of Tom K Kemp's film 'Crisis Acres' brought together researchers, healthcare professionals, and participants to explore how creative simulations can be used to examine healthcare systems, crisis response, and institutional decision-making. The event included a discussion with Kemp on the role of megagames and speculative methods in understanding complex organisations such as the NHS.

Dani Farrow presented research on reuse, circular economy narratives, and the infrastructures of disposability at a symposium on the anthropology of plastics at the University of Aarhus.

Cat Acheson presented research on activism, public health, and global plastics treaty negotiations at ‘The Anthropology of Plastics’ symposium in Aarhus.