In imagining the 'global'as the product of unprecedented flows and circulations, do we tend
to ignore its uneven terrain, heterogeneity, and contestation? How might we resist taking the …

This article explores the legacy, which the colonial origins of 19th century public health
multilateral initiatives bequeathed to present day public health diplomacy, and how this …

Many scholars have historicized biopolitics with reference to the emergence of sovereign
nations and their colonial extensions over the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. This article …

The continued inordinate demise from communicable pathogens in the global South is not
the result of an intractable problem thwarting our best efforts to prevent and cure disease; we …

The groundswell of interest in global health issues over the past few years sometimes
causes observers to see the field as “new.” There are indeed many new features that …

This essay summarizes and responds to the Think Pieces gathered here through the lens of
critical global health. I ask: What does global health offer that differs from the international …

Medical anthropology has a history that covers nearly four decades. Although Charles
Leslie's career is much longer, this volume is devoted almost exclusively to recognition of his …

Beginning with the colonial era, Western biomedicine has radically transformed African
medical beliefs and practices. Conversely, in using Western biomedicine, Africans have also …

During the last decades of the 20th century it became increasingly apparent that the inter-
relationship between globalisation and health is extremely complex. This complexity is …

Global Health is experiencing a moment of reckoning over the field's legacy and current
structuring in a world facing multiple, intersecting challenges to health. While …