Reparations and distributive justice in global health
Richardson, Eugene T. (Harvard Medical School. Global Health and Social Medicine)
Keshavjee, Salmaan A. (Harvard Medical School. Global Health and Social Medicine)
Klinsky, Sonja (Arizona State University)
Chitre, Smit (Harvard Medical School. Global Health and Social Medicine)
Matache, Margareta (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Thorat, Amit (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Hickel, Jason Edward (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Pheko, Lebohang Liepollo (University of Johannesburg)
Bassett, Mary Travis (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Darity, William A. (Duke University. Sanford School of Public Policy)
Beckles, Hilary (The University of the West Indies (Jamaica))

Date:	2026
Abstract:	Reparations are a global health imperative. Centuries of genocide, enslavement, extractivism, colonisation, racism, casteism, patriarchy and related forms of violence have produced durable, preventable inequities in morbidity and mortality that cannot be remedied through aid and development alone. Reparative justice requires both recognition and material redress. Reparations should be grounded in historical truth-telling and responsibility while delivering concrete remedies-formal apologies, resource transfers, institutional transformations and sustained commitments to healing. Context-specific, reparative approaches are essential. Drawing on five case studies, a new Supplement published in BMJ Global Health proposes guiding principles for designing reparative programmes that centre affected communities, uphold dignity and ensure non-recurrence.
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2024-001506-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Global Health ; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Published in:	BMJ Global Health, Vol. 11 (March 2026) , art. e023078, ISSN 2059-7908

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-023078
PMID: 41871842

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