The words we choose matter: recognising the importance of language in decolonising global health

Affiliations

• ¹ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin, Germany.
• ² London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
• ³ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.
• ⁴ Science Editor and Translator, Valencia, Spain.
• ⁵ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Vaccines & Immunity Theme, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
• ⁶ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: robin.basu-roy@lshtm.ac.uk.