Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality.
The movement to decolonize global health challenges clinicians and researchers of sub-disciplines, like global neurosurgery, to redefine their field. As an era of racial reckoning recentres the colonial roots of modern health disparities, reviewing the historical determinants of these disparities ca...
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| author | Ernest J Barthélemy Sylviane A Diouf Ana Cristina Veiga Silva Nancy Abu-Bonsrah Isabella Assunção Santos de Souza Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye Phabinly Gabriel Kwadwo Sarpong Edjah K Nduom Jean Wilguens Lartigue Ignatius Esene Claire Karekezi |
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| description | The movement to decolonize global health challenges clinicians and researchers of sub-disciplines, like global neurosurgery, to redefine their field. As an era of racial reckoning recentres the colonial roots of modern health disparities, reviewing the historical determinants of these disparities can constructively inform decolonization. This article presents a review and analysis of the historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities as understood by a group of scholars who share Sub-Saharan African descent. Vignettes profiling the colonial histories of Cape Verde, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ghana, Brazil, and Haiti illustrate the role of the colonial legacy in the currently unmet need for neurosurgical care in each of these nations. Following this review, a bibliographic lexical analysis of relevant terms then introduces a discussion of converging historical themes, and practical suggestions for transforming global neurosurgery through the decolonial humanism promulgated by anti-racist practices and the dialogic frameworks of conscientization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76032beede5643289121b00f58ca414b2023-09-03T08:50:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS Global Public Health2767-33752023-01-0132e000155010.1371/journal.pgph.0001550Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality.Ernest J BarthélemySylviane A DioufAna Cristina Veiga SilvaNancy Abu-BonsrahIsabella Assunção Santos de SouzaUlrick Sidney KanmounyePhabinly GabrielKwadwo SarpongEdjah K NduomJean Wilguens LartigueIgnatius EseneClaire KarekeziThe movement to decolonize global health challenges clinicians and researchers of sub-disciplines, like global neurosurgery, to redefine their field. As an era of racial reckoning recentres the colonial roots of modern health disparities, reviewing the historical determinants of these disparities can constructively inform decolonization. This article presents a review and analysis of the historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities as understood by a group of scholars who share Sub-Saharan African descent. Vignettes profiling the colonial histories of Cape Verde, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ghana, Brazil, and Haiti illustrate the role of the colonial legacy in the currently unmet need for neurosurgical care in each of these nations. Following this review, a bibliographic lexical analysis of relevant terms then introduces a discussion of converging historical themes, and practical suggestions for transforming global neurosurgery through the decolonial humanism promulgated by anti-racist practices and the dialogic frameworks of conscientization.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001550 |
| spellingShingle | Ernest J Barthélemy Sylviane A Diouf Ana Cristina Veiga Silva Nancy Abu-Bonsrah Isabella Assunção Santos de Souza Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye Phabinly Gabriel Kwadwo Sarpong Edjah K Nduom Jean Wilguens Lartigue Ignatius Esene Claire Karekezi Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality. PLOS Global Public Health |
| title | Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality. |
| title_full | Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality. |
| title_fullStr | Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality. |
| title_short | Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality. |
| title_sort | historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in africa and the african diaspora a review and analysis of coloniality |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001550 |
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