It matters because colonialism and coloniality produce unequal and exploitative relationships, as well as culturally-inappropriate and badly-designed health policies and programmes. With some roots in colonial and tropical medicine and in the post-colonial imposition of structural adjustment programmes and donor-driven aid programmes on developing countries, colonial power asymmetries have always been a feature of Global Health. A decolonised Global Health offers a vision of equitable and sustainable development, and good health for all.
Working Across Three Intersecting Dimensions
What are the major power asymmetries within Global Health, and how can we shift power to create more equitable, respectful, and effective partnerships?
Who are the power brokers in global health and what is the impact of their control and dominance over, for example, the World Health Organization, World Bank, Gavi, and Global Fund?
How does the Global Health system contribute to the growing crisis of widening inequality and extreme wealth concentration?
Following the publication of several
commentaries and the hosting of various
discussions, including a series of
Shifting Power dialogues that were co-convened with Wilton Park and Development Reimagined, the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health is now also working on a number of more focused and
tangible research initiatives and policy discussions.
Research & Analyses
Commentaries & Op-eds
Discussions & Webinars
Collaborators
We will be working with partner organisations and individuals to drive positive change in global health.
Their logos will appear here soon.
Connect with us
Decolonising Global Health can only ever be achieved as a collective effort. We hope to establish working partnerships with other organisations and provide a platform to help publicise the research, projects, and articles of others. Contact us at decolonising.globalhealth@unu.edu to express your interest in working with us.
