Addressing power asymmetries in global health: Imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá, Sumegha Asthana, Cristián Montenegro, Renzo Guinto, Desmond T. Jumbam, Lance Louskieter, Kenneth Munge, Shehnaz Munshi, Kui Muraya, Fredros O. Okumu, Senjuti Saha, Deepika Saluja, Madhukar Pai
Abstract
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19AU : PleasenotethatCOVID 19hasbeendefinedasCoro ) pandemic, the Black Lives Matter and Women in Global Health movements, and ongoing calls to decolonise global health have all created space for uncomfortable but important conversations that reveal serious asymmetries of power and privilege that permeate all aspects of global health.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakGlobal healthSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Power (physics)Political scienceVirologyMedicineHealth careOutbreakLawInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePhysicsPathologyQuantum mechanicsGlobal Health and SurgeryGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHealth and Conflict Studies