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Fulltext From inclusion to pluralism: how can we expand the epistemic languages of global health storytelling?

Nassiri-Ansari T, Rhule E

Lancet Glob Health, 2023 Jul;11(7):e1009.

PMID: 37349029 DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00253-X

Fulltext Missing in action: a scoping review of gender as the overlooked component in decolonial discourses

Nassiri-Ansari T, Rhule ELM

BMJ Glob Health, 2024 Apr 11;9(4).

PMID: 38604753 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014235

INTRODUCTION: Race and gender were intimately intertwined aspects of the colonial project, used as key categories of hierarchisation within both colonial and modern societies. As such, true decolonisation is only possible when both are addressed equally; failure to address the colonial root causes of gender-based inequalities will allow for the perpetuation of racialised notions of gender to persist across the global health ecosystem. However, the authors note with concern the relative sidelining of gender within the decolonising global health discourse, especially as it navigates the critical transition from rhetoric to action.

METHODS: A scoping review was conducted to locate where gender does, or does not, appear within the decolonising global health literature. The authors reviewed the decolonising global health literature available on Scopus and PubMed online databases to identify peer-reviewed papers with the search terms "(decoloni* or de-coloni*) OR (neocolonial or neo-colonial) AND 'global health'" in their title, abstract or keywords published by December 2022.

RESULTS: Out of 167 papers on decolonising global health, only 53 (32%) had any reference to gender and only 26 (16%) explicitly engaged with gender as it intersects with (de)coloniality. Four key themes emerged from these 26 papers: an examination of coloniality's racialised and gendered nature; how this shaped and continues to shape hierarchies of knowledge; how these intertwining forces drive gendered impacts on health programmes and policies; and how a decolonial gender analysis can inform action for change.

CONCLUSION: Historical legacies of colonisation continue to shape contemporary global health practice. The authors call for the integration of a decolonial gender analysis in actions and initiatives that aim to decolonise global health, as well as within allied movements which seek to confront the root causes of power asymmetries and inequities.

Fulltext Effect of diet on type 2 diabetes mellitus: A review

Sami W, Ansari T, Butt NS, Hamid MRA

Int J Health Sci (Qassim), 2017 Apr-Jun;11(2):65-71.

PMID: 28539866

Globally, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is considered as one of the most common diseases. The etiology of T2DM is complex and is associated with irreversible risk factors such as age, genetic, race, and ethnicity and reversible factors such as diet, physical activity and smoking. The objectives of this review are to examine various studies to explore relationship of T2DM with different dietary habits/patterns and practices and its complications. Dietary habits and sedentary lifestyle are the major factors for rapidly rising incidence of DM among developing countries. In type 2 diabetics, recently, elevated HbA1c level has also been considered as one of the leading risk factors for developing microvascular and macrovascular complications. Improvement in the elevated HbA1c level can be achieved through diet management; thus, the patients could be prevented from developing the diabetes complications. Awareness about diabetes complications and consequent improvement in dietary knowledge, attitude, and practices lead to better control of the disease. The stakeholders (health-care providers, health facilities, agencies involved in diabetes care, etc.) should encourage patients to understand the importance of diet which may help in disease management, appropriate self-care and better quality of life.

The missing voices in global health storytelling

Nassiri-Ansari T, Jose A, Razif SKS, Rhule ELM

PLOS Glob Public Health, 2024;4(7):e0003307.

PMID: 39078803 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003307

Fulltext Shifting gender barriers in immunisation in the COVID-19 pandemic response and beyond

Nassiri-Ansari T, Atuhebwe P, Ayisi AS, Goulding S, Johri M, Allotey P, et al.

Lancet, 2022 Jul 02;400(10345):24.

PMID: 35780789 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01189-8

Where there is a will, there is a way: independent assessment of member state compliance with the pandemic agreement

Lehtimaki S, Hannon E, Hanbali L, Soltan DF, Peek K, Nassiri-Ansari T, et al.

Lancet Glob Health, 2023 Nov 17.

PMID: 37984382 DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00515-6

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