7th Annual Maastricht Symposium on Global and European Health: Between numbers and narratives: Politics of evidence in Global Health
Since its introduction in medicine in the early 1990s the ideology that professional practices should be evidence-based is also applied to health policy and social welfare. In the field of Global Health, however, important scholars have articulated serious critiques on the dominance of the particular way ‘evidence’ is defined in the evidence-based paradigm.Serious concern is expressed about the dominance of this ‘metric’ paradigm. Criticasters call for more room for robust alternatives for assessing impact.
The Catherina Pijls key note lecture will be provided Helen Lambert, Professor in Medical Anthropology, Bristol Medical School UK.
Further contributions to this symposium include:
- Dr David McCoy, director of MedAct & professor Global Public Health at Queen Mary University London
- Prashanth NS Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, India & Emerging Voices 4 Global health network (EV4GH)
- Representatives of other interest parties such as funding organisations
Maastricht University
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