Harvard Center for International Development 230d ago

“The global health system is broken—and it was never truly built for equity.” — Alicia Ely Yamin, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School At Harvard CID’s Friday Speaker Series, co-hosted with the Harvard Global Health Institute, Alicia Ely Yamin and colleagues asked what a new multilateralism for global health equity might look like in a post-pandemic, post-hegemonic world. Yamin traced the project’s roots to recent global disruptions and called for reimagining cooperation through broader, more inclusive voices. Manjari Mahajan examined how private actors like the Gates Foundation shape not only funding but the very knowledge structures of global health. Yanzhong Huang unpacked myths about China’s role in Africa, urging a clearer view of its modest yet evolving influence. And Sakiko Fukuda-Parr highlighted the Global South’s growing agency in rewriting the rules—challenging the dominance of a few powerful states and institutions. Their shared message: achieving health equity demands more than new money or reforms. It requires redistributing power—financial, political, and epistemic—to build a truly democratic global health order. Co-Organizer: The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) Visit their website: https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/ Visit our website: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid Please follow us @HarvardCID on: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvardcid Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/harvardcid/ Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/harvard-cid Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/harvardcid.bsky.social Stay up to date with CID Events and jobs/opportunities by signing up for our newsletter: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/subscribe #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #Multilateralism #DecolonizeGlobalHealth #GlobalSouth #PublicHealth #HarvardCID #HarvardGH #SystemsChange #GlobalDevelopment