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ArticleBMJ open2026

Meanings and practices of solidarity in global health: a qualitative investigation - study protocol.

Elysee Nouvet, Mary Ndu, Bridget Pratt, Gabriela Arguedas Ramirez, Barbara Prainsack, Unni Karunakara, Jantina DeVries, Samuel Asiedu Owusu, Caesar Atuire

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9 authors.

Elysee NouvetSchool of Health Studies, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada enouvet@uwo.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1607-3453
Mary NduHealth and Rehabilitation Science, Western University Faculty of Health Sciences, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5221-3898
Bridget PrattAustralian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
Gabriela Arguedas RamirezUniversity of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Barbara PrainsackDepartment of Political Science, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria.
Unni KarunakaraGlobal Health Justice Partnership, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Jantina DeVriesUniversity of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.
Samuel Asiedu OwusuUniversity of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
Caesar AtuireOxford University, Oxford, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 225230
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSolidarity in global health is often invoked as an ethical imperative to guide responses to global health challenges. Its meanings and practices across diverse contexts, however, remain under-explored. Deepening an understanding of how solidarity is conceptualised, enacted and perceived by a diverse array of actors within the global health ecosystem is crucial to advancing meaningful and measurable application of this commitment in global health. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This qualitative study uses interpretive research methodology to explore perspectives on solidarity among key global health stakeholders: community-level leaders in civil society organisations working on global health issues; research institute directors in the Global South; and individuals with experience of funding decision-making with major global health funding and agenda setting organisations ('global health influencers'). Data will be gathered through semi-structured interviews and analysed using inductive and deductive reflexive thematic analysis, to identify patterns and differences in how these global health stakeholders recognise and define solidarity or its absence in their day-to-day work, while remaining attentive to conceptual tensions, participant interpretations of solidarity that may be unfamiliar to our team, and our role as researchers in shaping what we register and emphasise as significant in our reporting of findings. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval was obtained from the Western University Health Sciences Research Ethics Board (HSREB) in Ontario, Canada # 2024-123965-87873 and the Ethics Committee for the Humanities, University of Ghana # ECH 163/23-24 and University of Oxford, Oxford Tropical Research Ethics Committee (OxTREC) waiver dated 10 April 2024. Study results will be submitted for peer-reviewed publication. Results will also be summarised in an open access report and presented at various stakeholder meetings and in online webinars. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION: The final protocol was registered with Open Science Framework on 28 October 2023. View only link: https://osf.io/gryp5/?view_only=8baff435a35847f09a342408d38ee35b.

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Global HealthInternational CooperationHumansQualitative ResearchResearch DesignETHICS (see Medical Ethics)Health EquityHealth policyQUALITATIVE RESEARCH

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PMCPMC12781975

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