학술논문
Colonialism, malaria, and the decolonization of global health.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Bump JB; Department of Global Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Initiative on the Future of Health and Economic Resiliency in Africa, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.; Aniebo I; Initiative on the Future of Health and Economic Resiliency in Africa, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria.
Source
Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9918283779606676 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2767-3375 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 27673375 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLOS Glob Public Health Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
This paper explores the decolonization of global health through a focus on malaria and European colonialism in Africa. We employ an historical perspective to better articulate what "colonial" means and to specify in greater detail how colonial ideas, patterns, and practices remain an obstacle to progress in global health now. This paper presents a history of malaria, a defining aspect of the colonial project. Through detailed analysis of the past, we recount how malaria became a colonial problem, how malaria control rose to prominence as a colonial activity, and how interest in malaria was harnessed to create the first schools of tropical medicine and the academic specialization now known as global health. We discuss how these historical experiences shape malaria policy around the world today. The objective of this paper is to advance discussion about how malaria and other aspects of global health could be decolonized, and to suggest directions for future analysis that can lead to concrete steps for action.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2022 Bump, Aniebo. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2022 Bump, Aniebo. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)