How we classify countries and people-and why it matters

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009704

Editorial

. 2022 Jun;7(6):e009704.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009704.

How we classify countries and people-and why it matters

Themrise Khan ¹, Seye Abimbola ², Catherine Kyobutungi ³, Madhukar Pai ⁴

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¹ Independent Development Practitioner and Researcher, Karachi, Pakistan.
² School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ School of Population and Global Health, McGill University Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca.

PMID: 35672117
PMCID: PMC9185389
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009704

Editorial

How we classify countries and people-and why it matters

Themrise Khan et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;7(6):e009704.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009704.

Authors

Themrise Khan ¹, Seye Abimbola ², Catherine Kyobutungi ³, Madhukar Pai ⁴

Affiliations

¹ Independent Development Practitioner and Researcher, Karachi, Pakistan.
² School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ School of Population and Global Health, McGill University Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada madhukar.pai@mcgill.ca.

PMID: 35672117
PMCID: PMC9185389
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009704

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Keywords: Health policy; Health systems; Public Health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: SA is Editor in Chief of BMJ Global Health and MP serves on the editorial board. CK and MP are Editors in Chief of PLOS Global Public Health. SA is a Section Editor of PLOS Global Public Health.

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The Brandt line and the division of the World into Global North (‘developed’) and Global South (‘developing). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_North_and_Global_South%23/media/File:The_Brandt_Line.png.

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1. Abimbola S, Asthana S, Montenegro C, et al. Addressing power asymmetries in global health: imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS Med 2021;18:e1003604. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003604 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Abimbola S, Pai M. Will global health survive its decolonisation? Lancet 2020;396:1627–8. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32417-X - DOI - PubMed
1. Aloudat T, Khan T. Decolonising humanitarianism or humanitarian aid? PLOS Glob Public Health 2022;2:e0000179. 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000179 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Khan T. Racism doesn’t just exist within aid. It’s the structure the sector is built on, 2021. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/31/racism-doesnt... [Accessed 12 May 2022].
1. Silver M. Memo To People Of Earth: 'Third World' Is An Offensive Term! 2021. Available: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/01/08/954820328/memo-to-p... [Accessed 6 May 2022].

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[1] Abimbola S, Asthana S, Montenegro C, et al. Addressing power asymmetries in global health: imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS Med 2021;18:e1003604. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003604 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Abimbola S, Asthana S, Montenegro C, et al. Addressing power asymmetries in global health: imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS Med 2021;18:e1003604. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003604 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Abimbola S, Pai M. Will global health survive its decolonisation? Lancet 2020;396:1627–8. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32417-X - DOI - PubMed

[4] Abimbola S, Pai M. Will global health survive its decolonisation? Lancet 2020;396:1627–8. 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32417-X - DOI - PubMed

[5] Aloudat T, Khan T. Decolonising humanitarianism or humanitarian aid? PLOS Glob Public Health 2022;2:e0000179. 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000179 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Aloudat T, Khan T. Decolonising humanitarianism or humanitarian aid? PLOS Glob Public Health 2022;2:e0000179. 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000179 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Khan T. Racism doesn’t just exist within aid. It’s the structure the sector is built on, 2021. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/31/racism-doesnt... [Accessed 12 May 2022].

[8] Khan T. Racism doesn’t just exist within aid. It’s the structure the sector is built on, 2021. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/31/racism-doesnt... [Accessed 12 May 2022].

[9] Silver M. Memo To People Of Earth: 'Third World' Is An Offensive Term! 2021. Available: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/01/08/954820328/memo-to-p... [Accessed 6 May 2022].

[10] Silver M. Memo To People Of Earth: 'Third World' Is An Offensive Term! 2021. Available: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/01/08/954820328/memo-to-p... [Accessed 6 May 2022].

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