But the resources—human, infrastructural, and financial—underpinning global health are mostly concentrated in those countries already replete with power and money. Global health has enabled public health schools and university departments to continue to enrich themselves through exorbitant student fees and generous research grants. In Global Health in Practice, Olusoji Adeyi offers a compelling analysis of how imperialism and colonialism became the “founding pillars” of global health. And his observation that “The din of protest against colonialism in global health is getting louder and it has merit” should provoke those of us who work in global health to pause. For the real enemies of the values we stand for do not sit within the ranks of global health.

Source: The Guardian May 25, 2023 18:13 UTC