Evolving Power Dynamics in Global Health: From Biomedical Hegemony to Market Dynamics in Global Health Financing; A Response to the Recent Commentaries

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1 School of Health and Health Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

2 Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

3 The Department of Community Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

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We would like to appreciate the interest of the four commentaries 2–5 which were published in this journal in response to our paper 1 and reflect on important aspects highlighted by the authors; biomedical hegemony and colonialism, institutional power, the hybridisation of biomedical power and New Public Management (NPM). ...(Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management

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Available Online from 03 September 2023

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  • Receive Date: 23 August 2023
  • Revise Date: 31 August 2023
  • Accept Date: 02 September 2023
  • First Publish Date: 03 September 2023

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