Sylvia Sax

Sylvia Sax BSN, MPH, PhD, is a Global Health consultant and visiting lecturer at the University of Heidelberg. She has worked for more than three decades on strengthening health systems with a focus on maternal health. She is the co-founder and health program coordinator of Yarrow Global Consulting, an NGO focused on gender equality.

 

Demonstrators from the Black Lives Matter movement march through central London on July 10, 2016, during a demonstration against the killing of black men by police in the United States. The photo shows a huge crowd with people facing the camera with homemade signs, fists raised, and shouting slogans. AFP/Daniel Leal-Olivas via Getty Images
Poverty

What Global Health Can Learn From Black Lives Matter

by Sylvia Sax

Shifting power from distant, donor-country elites to local aid recipients will lead to stronger global health systems