Abstract
Politics play a central part in determining health and development outcomes as Gorik Ooms highlights in his recent commentary. As health becomes more global and more politicized the need grows to better understand the inherently political processes at all levels of governance, such as ideological positions, ideas, value judgments, and power. I agree that global health research should strengthen its contribution to generating such knowledge by drawing more on political science, such research is gaining ground. Even more important is - as Ooms indicates - that global health scholars better understand their own role in the political process. It is time to acknowledge that expert-based technocratic approaches are no less political. We will need to reflect and analyse the role of experts in global health governance to a greater extent and in that context explore the links between politics, expertise and democracy.
Highlights
The Political Challenge for Global Health Research The political economy of global health is as relevant as epidemiology.[1]
Politics play a central part in determining health and development outcomes, health is to a large extent a political choice
As health becomes more global and more important in the political and economic space global health actors will need to better understand the inherently political processes at all levels of governance that lead to decisions in favor of health or in support of other interests
Summary
The Political Challenge for Global Health Research The political economy of global health is as relevant as epidemiology.[1]. As Ooms[3] indicates global health research can contribute to generating such knowledge by drawing more on political science and strengthening its capacity in political analysis.
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