![Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now."](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/10/30/dr_mathew_harris_visiting_the_primary_healthcare_center_he_worked_in_at_brazil_after_20_years_wide-fe5dea155da6b597554da6aed0e8a1be53a5f2a7.jpg?s=600)
In his book Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation, Dr. Matthew Harris argues wealthy countries ought to pay attention to innovative programs around the world instead of believing that “the West is best.”
(Image credit: Courtesy Dr. Matthew Harris)
What the Global South could teach rich countries about health care — if they’d listen
