Decolonising global health in the time of COVID-19

Fofana, Mariam O.

doi:10.1080/17441692.2020.1864754

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“…However, it is to be remembered that this approach should not be a way to coopt a culture, as also argued by Fofana. 117 …”

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“…However, it is to be remembered that this approach should not be a way to coopt a culture, as also argued by Fofana. 117 Furthermore, herbal medicine has also demonstrated its use as preventive medicine for various diseases, including the previous SARS epidemic. 118 While no proper studies have been conducted in terms of the preventive role of herbal medicine in COVID-19 infection, its potential cannot be undermined.…”

Section: Prospect and Outlookmentioning

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Emergence of Ethnomedical COVID-19 Treatment: A Literature Review

Aprilio¹,

Wilar²

2021

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The emergence of COVID-19 as a new pandemic in the modern era has led the public to a new perspective of health. In the earlier days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many factors made people go on their own ways in finding its supposed "cure". With conventional medicines' limited availability and access, traditional medicines become more appealing due to its widespread availability and increased perception of safety. Several herbal medicines are then believed to be able to alleviate or cure COVID-19 and its symptoms. Similarities and patterns in herbal medicines being used show local wisdom of the respective communities regarding their knowledge of diseases and its treatment, known as ethnomedicine. Despite not being approved yet by regulatory bodies as a definitive guideline in COVID-19 management, the application of ethnomedicine results in several herbal medicine candidates that show a promising result regarding its efficacy in managing COVID-19. This literature review aims to study how a society and its knowledge of medicine responds to a new and currently developing disease, and whether if that knowledge merits further study in search of a cure for the pandemic. Furthermore, the narrative aspect in this review also explores socio-politics and public health aspects and considerations of non-conventional COVID-19 treatment.

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“…However, it is to be remembered that this approach should not be a way to coopt a culture, as also argued by Fofana. 117 …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Prospect and Outlookmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergence of Ethnomedical COVID-19 Treatment: A Literature Review

Aprilio¹,

Wilar²

2021

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“…David et al argue that the notion of Planetary Health is problematic precisely because it is based on a conception of the Anthropocene that obscures capitalism's responsibility for the contemporary global and ecological crisis in ways that leads to the promotion of solutions based on the financialization and technoscientific management of both the living world and human healththe very causes of the conditions that created the Anthropocene. This article is followed by Fofana's article on 'Decolonising global health in the time of COVID-19' (Fofana, 2020), which explores the on-going influence of coloniality in global health, and the ways in which this threatens the response to COVID-19 in Africa. Fofana analyses the ways in which two controversies related to COVID-19 are linked to processes of exploitation, marginalisation, pathologisation and saviourism rooted in coloniality and focuses on the need for equity as a guiding principle to dismantle global health colonialism.…”

Section: Theories and Politics Of Global Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Politics and pandemics

Parker

Ferraz

2021

Global Public Health

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This Special Issue of Global Public Health on Politics & Pandemics brings together 26 articles and commentaries that address diverse aspects of the politics of COVID-19 and related issues. These papers are grouped together in six topical areas: theories and politics of global health, health systems and policies, country responses, social inequalities, social responses, and the politics of science and technology. The goal of the Special Issue is to give readers a sense of the range of topics that have been a focus for research in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide diverse examples of how research and analysis on the political dimensions of the pandemic can contribute to confronting the COVID-19 crisis.

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“…Numerous voices over the years have supported the philosophy behind MPASP. A strong recent voice has been that of Fofana (2020) [51] who advises that: ‘… rather than just expect and accept handouts from developed nations, Africans (as a consortium of nations) can pool their resources together, and put up a good and effective fight against such a serious challenge as COVID-19, and thereby gain recognition and achieve emancipation .’ Fofana [51] , (referencing Biney 2011 [52] ) recognizes that … ‘ The philosophy of pan-Africanism is at its core one of liberation .’ The author also opined that political leaders of the early 20 th century, ‘ including [Ghana's Kwame] Nkrumah, saw the battle for independence as a shared struggle among African nations and worked together despite differing in their views of the forms of government and economic structure that their countries should adopt.’…”

Section: Advantage Of Mpasp In Dealing With Co-morbiditiesmentioning

confidence: 99%