01667nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260000800042653001800050653001900068100001500087245007000102856005800172300000800230490000600238520123900244022001401483       2024                            d  bBMJ10aGlobal health10aDecolonisation1 aLencucha R00aTransforming global health: decoloniality and the human condition  uhttps://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/9/8/e015420.full.pdf  a1-50 v93 a<jats:p>The field of global health is at a pivotal moment of transformation. Decoloniality has emerged as a critical framework to assess and transform the pathologies that mark the field. These pathologies include the inequitable sharing of resources, the power hierarchies that entrench decision-making in institutions largely based in North America and Europe and the general predisposition towards paternalistic and exploitative interactions and exchange between North and South. The energy being generated around this transformative moment is widening circles of participation in the discourse on what transformation should look like in the field. The importance of decoloniality cannot be overstated in driving the transformative agenda. At the same time, the popularity of decoloniality as a critical framework may risk omissions in our understanding of the origins of injustice and the pathways to a new global health. To complement the work being done to decolonise global health, I illustrate how the ‘human condition’ intersects with the transformative agenda. By human condition, I mean the universal features of humanity that lead to oppression and those that lead to cooperation, unity and a shared humanity.</jats:p>  a2059-7908