Transforming global health

Decoloniality and the human condition

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21879308
AutoresRaphael Lencucha (0000-0002-9273-2027, McGill University, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume9
Fascículo8
Páginase015420
Data de publicação2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
EditoraBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015420
PMID39153753
OpenAlexW4401656431
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas36

The field of global health is at a pivotal moment of transformation. Decoloniality has emerged as a critical framework to assess and transform the pathologies that mark the field. These pathologies include the inequitable sharing of resources, the power hierarchies that entrench decision-making in institutions largely based in North America and Europe and the general predisposition towards paternalistic and exploitative interactions and exchange between North and South. The energy being generated around this transformative moment is widening circles of participation in the discourse on what transformation should look like in the field. The importance of decoloniality cannot be overstated in driving the transformative agenda. At the same time, the popularity of decoloniality as a critical framework may risk omissions in our understanding of the origins of injustice and the pathways to a new global health. To complement the work being done to decolonise global health, I illustrate how the ‘human condition’ intersects with the transformative agenda. By human condition, I mean the universal features of humanity that lead to oppression and those that lead to cooperation, unity and a shared humanity

Biopower · Colonialism · Decoloniality · Environmental ethics · Global health · Health care · Humanity · Paternalism · Political science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Global Health and Surgery · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Obesity and Health Practices · Philosophy