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Comment
. 2015 Mar 5;4(5):321-2.
doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.48.

Power and priorities: the growing pains of global health Comment on "Knowledge, moral claims and the exercise of power in global health"

Karen Ann Grépin  1
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Power and priorities: the growing pains of global health Comment on "Knowledge, moral claims and the exercise of power in global health"

Karen Ann Grépin. Int J Health Policy Manag. .

Abstract

Shiffman has argued that some actors have a great deal of power in global health, and that more reflection is needed on whether such forms of power are legitimate. Global health is a new and evolving field that builds upon the historical fields of public and international health, but is more multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary in nature. This article argues that the distribution of power in some global health institutions may be limiting the contributions of all researchers in the field.

Keywords: Global Health Policy; Politics; Power; Priority Setting.

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