Decolonizing Global Health: An African Perspective
The Covid 19 pandemic demonstrated, if proof were needed, the planet's vulnerability to current and future health crises. Above all, this health crisis demonstrated the importance of taking context into account in international responses to public health emergencies. In a global context characterized by the dependence of African countries in the implementation of health policies, and their financing. One of the legacies of colonization was the subalternation of endogenous medical knowledge, making it auxiliary to biomedical knowledge. Today, we are witnessing the emergence of currents of thought advocating the decolonization of global health. What does it mean to decolonize global health in Africa? What are the objectives of this project? What are the current dynamics of global health in Africa, and what concrete actions need to be taken in the process of implementing health policies, at the level of training academies and biotechnologies?
Drawing on work from African fields, we will first define the decolonization of global health as seen from Africa, then look at the role of the state in the process of decolonizing global health, training curricula and the current challenges of the decolonization of global health. Finally, we'll close with a glimmer of hope from the management of the COVID 19 pandemic in African countries.

Required Texts:
CEDRIC LETERME, PANSER LA SANTÉ MONDIALE, Edition Syllepse, 2022, ISBN: 979-1039900423-PAP
MBEMBÉ Achille. et SARR Felwin; Ecrire l'Afrique-monde; Edition Philippe Rey/Jimsaan; 2017. ISBN: 978-2848766010