Anticipatory governance of technological innovation in global health as
                        seen in Canadian newspapers

Any health outbreak is beyond the biomedical approach. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes a calamitous need to address social inequalities prevalent in the global health community. Au fait with this, the impetus of this article is to explore the calls of humanistic social work in the face of the pandemic. It calls for the pursuit of social justice during the pandemic and after. It also calls for a holistic service provision, technological innovation and stewardship. Wrapping up, it challenges the global community to rethink their priorities – egotism or altruism. It emphasizes the ultimate way forward of addressing the social inequalities.

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Editorial [Personalized Medicine Beyond Genomics: New Technologies, Global Health Diplomacy and Anticipatory Governance]

Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine ◽

10.2174/187569209790112283 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 225-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

V. Ozdemir ◽

D. Husereau ◽

S. Hyland ◽

S. Samper ◽

M. Salleh

Keyword(s):

Personalized Medicine ◽

Global Health ◽

New Technologies ◽

Global Health Diplomacy ◽

Anticipatory Governance ◽

Health Diplomacy

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The work of evidence in critical global health

Medicine Anthropology Theory | An open-access journal in the anthropology of health illness and medicine ◽

10.17157/mat.3.2.432 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

João Biehl ◽

Vincanne Adams

Keyword(s):

Global Health ◽

Social Theory ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Structural Violence ◽

Special Section ◽

First Century ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Complex Forms

This special section critically examines the paradigms and values that undergird the ever-expanding field of global health. The richly textured ethnographic think pieces presented here tackle problems of evidence and efficacy as complex forms of ethical and theoretical engagement in contexts of neoliberalism, war, technological innovation, inequality, and structural violence. These works seek to contribute to a people-centered and politically relevant social theory for the twenty-first century.

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