Decolonizing Global Health
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Global health and the decolonization movement are connected through a shared goal of dismantling colonial legacies that continue to shape health systems, knowledge production, and power dynamics. Decolonizing global health involves shifting away from top-down, Global North-led interventions toward approaches that center local expertise, lived experiences, and community-led solutions. It also requires addressing structural inequities and ensuring that global health practices promote justice, solidarity, and accountability.
This list is ever-evolving, and will be continuously updated.
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Resources
Articles
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Zakumumpa, Diop & Alhassan (2023). Decolonizing global health: an agenda for research
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McCoy et al. (2023). Developing an agenda for the decolonization of global health
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Abimbola & Pai (2020). Will global health survive its decolonisation?​
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Abimbola et al. (2021). Addressing power asymmetries in global health: Imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Adhikari et al. (2023). The way forward in decolonising global health
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University of Washington. Decolonizing Global Health Toolkit. ​
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AVAC (2024). Decolonizing Global Public Health: Exploring the how, from now til as long as it takes (recording/transcript available)
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Naidu et al. (2024). Decolonial framework for applying reflexivity and positionality in global health research. Pp. 52-58​​
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AVAC (2024). Decolonizing Global Public Health: Exploring the how, from now til as long as it takes (recording/transcript available)
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Prof. Madhukar Pai (2022). A call to address racism and colonialism in Global Health ​​​
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Books
Videos
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Marya & Patel (2021). ​​​Inflamed: Deep medicine and the anatomy of injustice.
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Burgess (2023). Rethinking Global Health
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