It is Time to Save the Decolonization of Global Health Movement: The Urgent Need of a Paradigm Shift, with Luchuo Engelbert Bain

There is global consensus in the scholarly and international development spaces that global health should/must be decolonized. Some authors are increasingly becoming concerned that the movement will be limited to buzz creation rather than creating impact. Others have recognized that the movement has been captured by the Global North Elite, a strong predictor of an unchanging status quo in the space. Epistemic violence, epistemic disrespect, epistemic dominance, and epistemic arrogance are growing concepts in the decolonization of global health literature. What does is truly mean to effectively decolonize global health? This lecture will attempt an answer to this complex question by highlighting the why and the how of a paradigm shift, if a meaningful decolonization of global health movement must thrive.

Speaker Profile

Dr. Luchuo Engelbert Bain is a global public health physician, implementation research scientist, and empirical bioethicist with over 15 years of global health experience.

Currently, he is the Head of International Programs at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Nairobi Kenya. He has previously served as a senior program officer with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, as a senior research fellow in global health with the University of Lincoln in the UK, and has worked as a consultant for various international organizations, including the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Population Services International (PSI).

Luchuo is an associate professor of global health and bioethics with the EUCLID University, a research fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at York University in Toronto Canada, a senior research associate with the department of psychology of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and an inaugural fellow on climate change and health of the Geneva learning foundation (TGLF). Luchuo is a current member of the World Health Organization’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH) Sexual Health and Well-being Advisory Group (SWAG) and a technical working group member to the Africa CDC supporting the development of its annual Public Health Intelligence Report. Luchuo has reviewed proposals for the National Institute of Health Research and Primary Care (NIHR) in the UK, and the European Commission.

Dr. Luchuo holds a Ph.D. in Transdisciplinary Global Health Solutions from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, an executive MBA in Strategic Human Resources Management from UNIR, a Master’s of Science in Bioethics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, a Master’s of Public Health from Hebrew University, an MD from the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon, and executive training in global health diplomacy from the University of Toronto. He has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals on various topics including sexual reproductive health and rights, ethics, decolonization of global health, community engagement in research, HIV medicine, and health policy.

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