Opinion: 5 Ways to Decolonize Global Health and Build Greater Equity.

Within the field of global health — and development more generally — there is broad agreement that unfair power balances exist. Donors wield most of the power and determine what gets funded, who is an expert, what gets researched, and who researches it. A large amount of money and power flows to organizations in high-income countries — not to the countries where their programs are focused. As a health economist from Ghana, Chris Atim shares his take on the decolonization of global health.

Publication Year:

2021

Publisher

SPARC

Author:

Chris Atim
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A message from the partners of the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC)

Since 2018, The Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) has been a unique and significant force in supporting countries within Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) in crucial areas of strategic health purchasing (SHP), Healthcare Financing as they make progress towards the realization of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goals. This initiative, a collaboration between Amref Health Africa and Results for Development (R4D), has made expertise in these areas more accessible and has been instrumental in the progress of the target countries. The initiative was designed to advance policy discussions and actions that strengthen the application of strategic health purchasing to strengthen African health systems and support countries as they address foundational reforms…