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Editorial
. 2021 Apr;6(4):e005802.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005802.

The uses of knowledge in global health

Seye Abimbola  1   2
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Editorial

The uses of knowledge in global health

Seye Abimbola. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: health policies and all other topics.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Units of knowledge use(r)s in global health. Note: the distinctions drawn here are partly inspired by Dekker (2020) and Abimbola (2019).
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Figure 2
Concentric rings of knowledge use(r)s in global health. Note: this figure shows (1) examples of the scales of organisation at which knowledge is used for equity (ie, the five concentric rings); (2) the spaces in which the knowledge is used (ie, the small circles that line the concentric rings); and (3) the four use(r)s or units of knowledge which are represented as four labelled circles within each small circle. Note that the size of the primary use(r)s or units (ie, emancipators and plumbers) is larger closer to the community ‘ring’, while subsidiary use(r)s or units (ie, engineers and professors) is larger closer to the global ‘ring’.
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