Barriers to Decolonizing Global Health: Identification of Research Challenges Facing Investigators Residing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Nana Anyimadua Anane-Binfoh; Katelyn E Flaherty; Ahmed N Zakariah; Eric J Nelson; Torben K Becker; Taiba Jibril Afaa

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00269

Barriers to Decolonizing Global Health: Identification of Research Challenges Facing Investigators Residing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2024 Feb 28;12(1):e2300269. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00269. Print 2024 Feb 28.

Authors

Nana Anyimadua Anane-Binfoh¹, Katelyn E Flaherty^{2

3}, Ahmed N Zakariah⁴, Eric J Nelson^{2

5}, Torben K Becker^{2

3

6}, Taiba Jibril Afaa^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
² Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
³ Section of Global Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁴ Ghana National Ambulance Service, Accra, Ghana.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁶ Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
⁷ Department of Child Health, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. taibaafaa@yahoo.com.
⁸ Department of Child Health, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

Abstract

The practice of global health is plagued by power structures favoring high-income countries. Efforts to decolonize global health must consider the systemic limitations that LMIC investigators face at local, national, and international levels.

MeSH terms

Developing Countries*
Global Health*
Humans
Income
Poverty
Research Personnel