On 13 September 2022 (at 16:00, UTC +8), the UNU International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) will host an event to launch the new research programme, Decolonising Global Health.
Power asymmetries — leading to unhealthy dependencies, exploitative relationships, and culturally inappropriate and badly designed policies — are a long-standing trait of global health. In recent years, efforts to rebalance these asymmetries have coalesced around calls to decolonise global health.
UNU-IIGH views the current interest in decolonisation as a useful catalyst for shifting power and encouraging forms of global health practice that are better tailored to the needs and contexts of low- and lower-middle-income countries and marginalised populations everywhere.
This event will feature a discussion about three intersecting dimensions of global health: colonialism within global health; colonisation of global health; and colonialism through global health.
Speakers
- Danny D. Gotto, Founder & Executive Director of Innovations for Development
- Anna Marriott, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Oxfam GB
- Sabina F. Rashid, Professor and Dean of the James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC
- David McCoy, Research Lead, UNU-IIGH
Moderator
- Emma Rhule, Senior Researcher, UNU-IIGH
The event will also be live-streamed on:
- YouTube: Decolonising Global Health: Programme Launch – YouTube
- Twitter: UNU International Institute for Global Health (@UNU_IIGH) / Twitter
- LinkedIn: LinkedIn
For event updates, visit the UNU-IIGH website.
