Decolonizing Global Health
Offered By: The Aspen Institute via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Explore the concept of decolonizing global health in this 56-minute panel discussion featuring Senior Aspen New Voices Fellows. Delve into the inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the imbalance of power structures between global health practitioners and those they serve. Learn from experts in planetary health, community healthcare, and sexual and reproductive health as they discuss the challenges, importance of spirituality and planetary health, and necessary actions to rethink global health delivery. Gain insights on transparency, visible action, and cultural shifts required to address longstanding issues in the field. Understand the perspectives from the Philippines and Liberia, and discover practical steps towards creating a more equitable global health system.
Syllabus
Introduction
Context
Panelists
Philippines
Liberia
Decolonizing Global Health
Questions
Challenges
Why is planetary health important
Why is spirituality important
Action
Difficulties
Transparency
Take Visible Action
Culture Action
Closing
Taught by
The Aspen Institute
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