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OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Global Health eMagazine April 2023 Perspectives Reports from the Field Highlights Reflections Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Hispanic/Latinx Community Ugandan Voices Innovation and Technology Our Beautiful Planet Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Video of the Month Announcement New Publications Announcement Join us in wishing Michael F. Simms, MD HAPPY RETIREMENT! May 19, 2023 at 12:00 pm We will have a special noon conference in the auditorium located at St. Mary’s hospital dedicated to our passionate teacher, Dr. Simms. Virtual option will also be available. At 6:00pm please join us at La Bella Vista for dinner, cocktails, memories and laughs. 380 Farmwood Rd, Waterbury, CT 06704 We kindly ask you to RSVP before April 21, 2023 to ensure that your seat is reserved. Please RSVP to stephanie.perez@trinityhealthofne.org Questions? Please call 203-709-8685 New Publications Article of the Month Welcome Among the Letters Congratulations Photo News Calendar Global Health Family Resources Previous Issues of the eMagazine Click here to view Click here to view 32
OUR PEOPLE, OUR MISSION Article of the Month Global Health eMagazine April 2023 Perspectives Reports from the Field Highlights Reflections Nursing Division Women’s Health Education Hispanic/Latinx Community Ugandan Voices Innovation and Technology Our Beautiful Planet Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be Video of the Month Announcement New Publications Article of the Month Welcome Among the Letters Congratulations Photo News Calendar Global Health Family Resources Previous Issues of the eMagazine A brief history of colonisation in global healthDespite being given several names throughout his-tory, from its roots in colonial medicine [1] to tropi-cal medicine, international health, and even planetary health, the field of global health continues to uphold colonialist structures. From its use as a scientific rationale for assigning racial superiority or inferiority to its restrictions on the movement of indigenous people in the name of infection control, the exploita-tion of local remedies, to the injustices against people of color in the name of medical progress, stories of inequity have long been woven into the history of global health [2]. Every act of colonialism, be it enlisting of indigenous populations into hard labor, usurping of ancient culture and faith practices, or the imposition of divisive borders, has inevitably led to negative health outcomes [3].French colonial strategist Herbert Lyautey described medicine as the ‘most effective of our agents for penetration and pacification’ [4]. History demonstrates that colonial powers promoted medical research and advancements when diseases affected their own people, and only did so for locals when in the colonies’ best interests, such as the case of malaria control in the construction of the Panama Canal [5]. In fact, in the United States, there are many examples of medical advancements that relied on exploitation of vulnerable populations. The vesicovaginal fistula surgery was crafted by Marion Sims who became known as the ‘father of modern gynecology’ without any credit given to the enslaved black women who were operated on without anesthesia [6]. The devel-opment of chemotherapy by Cornelius Rhoads earned him countless accolades while the 60,000 US soldiers of African, Japanese, and Puerto Rican des-cent who suffered lifelong consequences of his mus-tard gas experiments went unnamed. 33 Article of the Month continued on next page >>
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