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  • Health Services Research
  • Epidemiology
  • Global Health Ethics

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  • The role of 'big data' in health research is widely discussed.
  • The ethical implications of data sovereignty in health services research and global health remain underexplored.
  • Decoloniality is a critical lens for examining health data practices in the 'big data' era.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the necessity and implications of 'decolonizing' health data.
  • To examine the stakes and decision-making power in health data governance.
  • To conceptualize a decolonized data infrastructure for global health systems equity.

Main Methods:

  • Viewpoint article presenting critical questions and considerations.
  • Exploration of ethical imperatives in health data research.
  • Conceptual framework development for decolonized data infrastructure.

Main Results:

  • Highlights the need to question existing health data paradigms.
  • Identifies data sovereignty as a key ethical consideration.
  • Poses critical questions regarding the control and ownership of health data.

Conclusions:

  • Decolonizing health data is essential for addressing historical inequities.
  • Establishing data sovereignty is fundamental for ethical global health research.
  • A decolonized data infrastructure is necessary to achieve health systems equity worldwide.