ACU/Wellcome Webinar on Language-based equity in African health research
ACU/Wellcome Webinar on Language-based equity in African health research
Tuesday, 30th November 2021, 13:00-14:30 UTC
During the webinar, speakers from the research team, led by Dr Aaron Yarmoshuk, Independent Consultant and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto, will present the key findings and recommendations from the language equity study. External global experts will also be taking part in the conversation.
IAU Secretary General Dr. Hilligje van't Land is invited to chair the session and IAU is supporting the event.
Live translations will be available in English and French.
Register here:
https://www.acu.ac.uk/acu-events/language-based-equity-african-health-re...
The report (May 2021) commissioned by the UK-based global foundation Wellcome Trust examines language as a barrier to health science research in Africa, and recommends practical solutions. This study presented in the report has three specific objectives: 1. To examine whether the use of English, in the African context, is a barrier to the advancement and success of health science researchers either individually, nationally or internationally, and to the advancement of health science more widely in Africa. 2. To examine whether the use of English, in the African context, is contributing to wider structural inequalities within the general health science research ecosystem. 3. To recommend practical solutions to addressing concerns identified. Find the full report here: https://cms.wellcome.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/language-based-equi... Yarmoshuk, A.N., et al., Research into language-based equity in African health science research. 2021, The Wellcome Trust: London, UK.
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