From equitable access to equitable innovation: Rethinking bioengineering for global health

Alice Street; Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas; Zibusiso Ndlovu

doi:10.1038/s44222-024-00182-5

From equitable access to equitable innovation: Rethinking bioengineering for global health

Alice Street
, Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas
, Zibusiso Ndlovu

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Abstract

What does global health equity mean? In bioengineering, ‘equity’ is often interpreted as global ‘access’ to technologies, thereby neglecting wider structural inequalities. Here we suggest that the concepts of equity need to be expanded to incorporate principles of equitable representation and recognition within the innovation ecosystem.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	444-446
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00182-5
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Bioengineering
equity
Global Health
Biomedical
decolonisation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Bioengineering
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
History and Philosophy of Science

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