Addressing power asymmetries in global health: Imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá, Sumegha Asthana, Cristián Montenegro, Renzo Guinto, Desmond T. Jumbam, Lance Louskieter, Kenneth Munge, Shehnaz Munshi, Kui Muraya, Fredros O. Okumu, Senjuti Saha, Deepika Saluja, Madhukar Pai - PLoS Medicine 2021 cited by 255

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19AU : PleasenotethatCOVID 19hasbeendefinedasCoro ) pandemic, the Black Lives Matter and Women in Global Health movements, and ongoing calls to decolonise global health have all created space for uncomfortable but important conversations that reveal serious asymmetries of power and privilege that permeate all aspects of global health.