Open AccessTwenty steps to ingrain power asymmetry in global health biomedical research
Author(s) -
Iruka N. Okeke
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001411
Subject(s) - biology , sustainability , global health , work (physics) , power (physics) , data science , engineering ethics , public health , computer science , pathology , ecology , engineering , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , mechanical engineering
Health research in low-income settings must prioritize sustainability to truly impact target diseases in the long term. Here, I satirically summarize how biomedical investigators from high-income countries can collaboratively work to (not) accomplish this.