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To mark the centenary of James Baldwin, I wrote a short essay for The Lancet. On what he's taught me RE responding to pushbacks. To beware of "strategic ignorance" and "the imaginary line of selective judgement". James Baldwin: ignorance, power, justice thelancet.com/journals/lance…

I'm happy to announce that my book titled "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health" is now out! You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: editions.ird.fr/produit/728/97… The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5t6…

Great to see our PhD Researchers present on this international stage and showcase the #global work of UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems! Well done to all involved in the projects @aoife_db Brynne Gilmore - Dr Suja Somanadhan UCD Global

Congratulations to the latest recipients of the SWAR Award Scheme 2024! Each award will receive support to conduct a Studies Within A Review, which can help provide evidence to inform decisions about how we plan, conduct, and share the findings of future reviews.

l will be co-hosting a breakout session with @Meghan Kumar, PhD, on the "Future of Evaluation in the Global South." l encourage those who have the opportunity to attend to do so. it is going to be fabulous.

Balancing realist review outputs with the needs of policymakers and practitioners academic.oup.com/heapol/article… . Challenges remain about how our philosophically guided realist review findings can be practically useful to policymakers and practitioners. We attempted to address it here.

How can realist reviews balance philosophy, methodology, and practice to remain actionable for policymakers? Our reflections include an analogy of a traditional Nepali window. #RealistReview #Policy #GlobalHealth Link👉bit.ly/3Zbe2Cp

Our chapter on #realist #photovoice (Ferdinand Mukumbang) in the new text Realist Evaluation: Principles and Practice, edited by @ana__manzano & Emma Williams is out now! Lucky Chapter 13! 📕➡️ taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.… UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems PhD Realist Network

Way to go Madhu...you deserve it.

Our review on Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá's 'The Foreign gaze'. How can we engage pose and gaze in #globalhealth research? thelancet.com/journals/lanin… MORU NDM Centre for Global Health Research Tropical Medicine Oxford

The way “global health” people have stated the value of World Health Organization (WHO) to the US (and to the world) and what’s at stake in US withdrawal from World Health Organization (WHO) has been very revealing of the strong neocolonial tendencies/undercurrents that shape how people do “global health” and how the field works.

We thought we should move further the discussion of Allyship proposed by @paimadhu and colleagues in the Lancet's commentary. Limited word count to make our case. Global South leaders should strengthen strategic capacity - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

'Expecting authentic allyship from Global North institutions that stand to lose their control of resources & influence in the wake of true #decolonisation, is akin to asking the coloniser to become an ally in the struggle for the freedom of the colonised' wiyeh alison Ferdinand Mukumbang

🌍 #GlobalHealth Reimagined! Had an incredible interaction with MPH students from Nigeria & Kenya studying in India. They highlighted how their experience here allows them to connect practical insights with local contexts. This is what #GlobalSouth collaboration look like

Here's my Foreword to The Elgar Companion to Health and the SDGs, based on Bette Midler's "From a Distance". The song is on The Foreign Gaze playlist, and this 1.5-page Foreword explains why. Here's the book: e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-e… Here's the playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5t6…

Reviewer 2: "I believe it is an idea that qualitative health researchers will appreciate reflecting on as they continue to develop increasingly sophisticated ways of thinking through complex questions like generalizability and evidence application." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

Mechanism-Based Middle-Range Theories: Using Realist Syntheses to Reconcile Specificity to Context and Generalizability Realist Evaluation The Realist Hub Critical Realist International Mapping Project journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

This new realist review protocol by Ferdinand Mukumbang and colleagues seeks to explain how, why, for whom, and under what health system conditions national mental health policy implementation works or not in LMICs. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

What an outstanding work Sara Dada Ecited to see the first application of our Realist Photovoice Techique application. I'm super proud of you.

It tears my heart to say that my father, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o passed away earlier today. I am me because of him in so many ways, as his child, scholar and writer. I love him - I am not sure what tomorrow will bring without him here. I think that is all I have to say for now.