Introducing polysectionality: an innovative multidimensional policy framework towards decolonising global health

Debates around decolonial global health (DGH) have gathered momentum post COVID-19 pandemic. Although there is disagreement among scholars about the use of the term ‘decolonial’ due to its usage by anti-democratic forces, it has become a buzzword in funding and scholarship in the Global North. Notwithstanding this disagreement, DGH claims to aim for a more inclusive health system, easy access for marginalised communities, equality and equity for women, minorities and low-economic classes, and the collusion of global health to include humans and non-humans in novel ways of thinking about holistic healthcare. The Eurocentric narrative of DGH by the Global North rooted in colonialism and violence is often followed blindly by the Global South countries, making the goals of equal access to healthcare — one of the primary United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — a distant dream. This paper critically analyses DGH and introduces a multidimensional policy framework for health called ‘polysectionality’, diversifying the ambit of DGH underlining equal access to health for all by breaking the North–South binary. I argue that the innovative polysectional conceptual framework will take the DGH conversation further in times of ‘poly-crisis’ by providing a blueprint to implement DGH policies effectively.