Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Global health practice is rooted in a colonial understanding and use of knowledge; organizations in the Global North produce knowledge for use in the Global South, whereas knowledge produced in the Global South is often overlooked in the Global North.Over the past decade, however, some of the authors of this piece have participated in a successful effort by key population civil society organizations to root global HIV program and policy guidance in the experiences of experts who practice in the Global South.We reflect on the influence of principles elaborated in this work implicitly shaped our community-led response to the global mpox epidemic as experienced in New York City. How global health activism informed our community's responseIn response to these challenges, a group of queer and transgender NYC-based activists formed the Rapid Epidemiologic Study of Prevalence, Network, and Demographics of Mpox Infection (RESPND-MI).The goals of RESPND-MI were to 1) measure the outbreak's demographics
Source: PLOS Global Public Health
Authors: Grant Roth, Jennifer Barnes-Balenciaga, Joseph Osmundson, Martez D. R. Smith, Nguyen K. Tran, Nicholas Diamond, Keletso Makofane
Language: English
Subfield: Virology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,100
OpenAlex ID: W4382467900