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. 2024 Feb 28;12(1):e2300269.
doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-23-00269. Print 2024 Feb 28.

Barriers to Decolonizing Global Health: Identification of Research Challenges Facing Investigators Residing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Nana Anyimadua Anane-Binfoh  1 , Katelyn E Flaherty  2   3 , Ahmed N Zakariah  4 , Eric J Nelson  2   5 , Torben K Becker  2   3   6 , Taiba Jibril Afaa  7   8
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Barriers to Decolonizing Global Health: Identification of Research Challenges Facing Investigators Residing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Nana Anyimadua Anane-Binfoh et al. Glob Health Sci Pract. .

Abstract

The practice of global health is plagued by power structures favoring high-income countries. Efforts to decolonize global health must consider the systemic limitations that LMIC investigators face at local, national, and international levels.

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Research Challenges Facing Global Health Investigators in Low- and Middle-Income Countriesa a Barriers exist on multiple interdependent scales.
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