This video lecture will provide the global health innovator with an opportunity to look within oneself first before jumping into the problem arena. “Why am I trying to help others solve this problem?” is one important question that must be asked. The innovator must be clear about one’s motivation to innovate, be cognizant about positionality and privilege, and demonstrate humility throughout the solution design process. This sub-module will introduce different ways of problematizing an innovator’s involvement in global health, especially in relation to the growing demand to ‘decolonise’ the global health field.

 This sub-module will provide the global health innovator with an opportunity to look within oneself first before jumping into the problem arena. “Why am I trying to help others solve this problem?” is one important question that must be asked. The innovator must be clear about one’s motivation to innovate, be cognizant about positionality and privilege, and demonstrate humility throughout the solution design process. This sub-module will introduce different ways of problematizing an innovator’s involvement in global health, especially in relation to the growing demand to ‘decolonise’ the global health field.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Appreciate the importance of self-reflection as the first step towards global health innovation
• Understand the different ways by which global health manifests its coloniality and perpetuates power asymmetries
• Identify practical measures for respectful, ethical, and ‘decolonised’ engagement and solution design in global health