‘Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research: mapping challenges experienced by frontline workers in Africa and Asia
Issued Date
2022-01-01
Resource Type
ISSN
17441692
eISSN
17441706
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85139186843
Pubmed ID
36183409
Journal Title
Global Public Health
Volume
17
Issue
12
Start Page
4195
End Page
4205
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Global Public Health Vol.17 No.12 (2022) , 4195-4205
Suggested Citation
Nkosi B. ‘Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research: mapping challenges experienced by frontline workers in Africa and Asia. Global Public Health Vol.17 No.12 (2022) , 4195-4205. 4205. doi:10.1080/17441692.2022.2124300 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/86283
Title
‘Labouring’ on the frontlines of global health research: mapping challenges experienced by frontline workers in Africa and Asia
Author(s)
Author's Affiliation
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Africa Health Research Institute
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
University College London
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Africa Health Research Institute
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
University College London
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Nuffield Department of Medicine
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Drawing on the reflections and discussions from a special session at the 2021 Global Health Bioethics Network summer school, this paper has summarised the key challenges faced by Frontline Workers (FWs) across research sites in Africa and Asia in performing the everyday ‘body work’ entailed in operationalising global health research. Using a ‘body work’ lens, we specifically explore and map key challenges that FWs face in Africa and Asia and the physical, social, ethical, emotional, and political labour involved in operationalising global health in these settings. The research encounter links with wider social and economic structures, and spatial dimensions and impacts on the FWs’ performance and well-being. Yet, FWs’ ‘body-work’ and the embedded emotions during the research encounter remain hidden and undervalued.