Pankhurst Seminar Series: Digital Health Inequities Edition - Towards a decolonial agenda for digital health in Sub Saharan Africa
| Dates: | 12 June 2024 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | The Christabel Pankhurst Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, General public |
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Our next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities seminar series is on 12th of June, 1-2pm via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/99993393007). Prof Sharifah Sekalala from the University of Warwick will talk about “Decolonial agenda for digital health in sub-Saharan Africa”.
Sharifah Sekalala is a Professor of Global Health Law at the University of Warwick and her interdisciplinary work sits at the intersection of international law, public policy and global health. Sharifah’s research addresses complex and pressing issues around health crises in Sub-Saharan Africa, international financing institutions and the socio-legal impact of new innovations in health, such as digital health.
In the talk, Sharifah will talk about the idea that the unbridled enthusiasm for digital health and AI in Sub Saharan Africa is disguising new forms of coloniality. In order to ensure that low and middle income countries get the deepest benefits from digital health, they will need a decolonial agenda that centres the needs and interests of people from the Global South. You can read about it at this link.
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