A critical assessment of the ideological underpinnings of current practice in global health and their historical origins

Figures & data

Figure 1. The UN Millennium development goals and sustainable development goals [10,11].

Figure 2. Achievements in meeting the health-related MDGs. (a) Trends in the global under-5 (top), infant (middle), and neonatal (bottom) mortality rates. Adapted from [5]. (b) Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in women aged 15–49. CEE, Central and Eastern Europe; CIS, the Commonwealth of independent states. Adapted from [6]. (c) Percentage decrease in malaria death rate since 2000 (by WHO region) [7]. (d) Mortality associated with TB in the WHO African region between 2000 and 2016 [8].

Figure 3. A future health inequity challenge: Forced displacement due to persecution, conflict or generalized violence [22].

Figure 4. Conceptualization of ideology by Michel Foucault [29].

Figure 5. Proposed principles to guide designing of health programs.

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