How do we “decolonize Global Health”?

Luchuo Engelbert Bain; Agnes Nanyonjo; Victoria Blake; John Tembo; Franklyn Nkongho; Matthew Bates

doi:10.4103/jpdtsm.jpdtsm_8_22

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Year : 2022 \| Volume : 1 \| Issue : 1 \| Page : 26-29

How do we “decolonize Global Health”? Luchuo Engelbert Bain¹, Agnes Nanyonjo¹, Victoria Blake², John Tembo³, Franklyn Nkongho², Matthew Bates⁴ ¹ Department of School of Life Sciences, Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health, College of Social Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom ² Department of Life Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom ³ HerpeZ and UNZA-UCLMS Project, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia ⁴ Department of Life Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom; HerpeZ and UNZA-UCLMS Project, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia Correspondence Address: Matthew Bates Department of Life Sciences, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, United Kingdom. HerpeZ, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/jpdtsm.jpdtsm_8_22

A raft of recent commentaries has called for the “decolonization of Global Health.” “Global Health” commentators concerned with medical education, practice, research and governance would appear to agree that the status quo is grossly inequitable. They suggest that embedded power asymmetries rooted in the colonial past persist and that they are a major barrier to reducing inequity. A range of actions has been suggested as steps toward addressing these power imbalances such as ensuring funding panels are more representative and distributing the majority of resources and leadership roles, toward the affected geographies and communities. In this manuscript, we share our view on what both “decolonization” and “Global Health” might mean, and outline some key actions to combat racism in health research and practice.



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