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Indigenous people suffer earlier death and more frequent and severe disease than their
settler counterparts, a remarkably persistent reality over time, across settler colonized …

The movement to decolonize global health and address power inequities among its actors is
not new. Founded on the work of colonized and marginalized people themselves, initiatives …

Despite taking on several forms throughout history such as colonial medicine, tropical
medicine, and international health, the field of global health continues to uphold colonialist …

García Márquez's novel,“Chronicle of a Death Foretold”, narrates the multiple strands of a
story leading up to a murder in a small Caribbean village. The novel shows both the …

The humanitarian crisis revealed as a result of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico demonstrates
a long history of US colonial neglect and human rights violations. This reality has made it …

New York in the 1950s. Instead it situates itself in the decade of the 1980s during a period of
severe economic crisis yet, still, of possibilities. The process of health commodification in the …

Within the monolithic racial category of “Asian American,” health determinants are often
hidden within each subgroup's complex histories of indigeneity, colonialism, migration …

The growing awareness of colonialism's role in global health partnerships between HICs
and LMICs and the associated calls for decolonization in global health has led to discussion …

The pursuit of health equity and social justice lie at the heart of community-empowered
health promotion practice. However, there is a need to address the colonial legacy and its …