Decolonizing and Democratizing Global Health

Resources to learn more about engaging in global health in a mindful and equitable manner.

Suggested reading:

• Seminal article on Scientific Colonialismby Johan Galtung (1967)
• Closing the door on Parasites and Parachutes plus the comments (Lancet Global Health 2018): read the main editorial article and at least two of the commentary articles
• Science Still Bears the Fingerprints of Colonialism (Smithsonian, 2018)
• Who Is Telling the Story? A Systematic Review of Authorship for Infectious Disease Research Conducted in Africa(Mbaye, 2019)
• Africa should set its own health-research agenda (Mutapi, 2019)
• It’s time to end the colonial mindset in Global Health (NPR Goats and Soda, 2019)
• Racism is Global (Airhihenbuwa, 2020)
• Decolonizing global health is difficult, but vital goal (Roger Glass, 2020) – also skim the links about decolonizing global health the bottom of the page
• How (not) to write about global health (Jumbam 2020)
• This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For It — Until Now(NPR Goats and Soda, 2019)
• Global health research needs more than a makeover (Pai 2019)
• The aid sector must do more to tackle its white supremacy problem(The Guardian, 2020)
• Decolonizing Global Health in the Era of COVID-19 Conference – Resource Document
• Instagram and Twitter posts from the following accounts or hashtags: @nowhitesaviors (IG) | #decolonizescience | #decolonisescience

Suggested viewing:

• Recorded lecture on Scientific and Research Colonialism from the 2020 Vanderbilt Global Health Research Symposium (Rose 2020)
• Science Must Fall?(University of Cape Town)
• Culture and Race in Global Health Research (Airhihenbuwa 2019)

 

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