TY - JOUR T1 - Remuneration of African patient partners is an important tool for health justice JF - BMJ JO - BMJ DO - 10.1136/bmj.q2675 VL - 387 SP - q2675 AU - Asante, Kwanele Y1 - 2024/11/29 UR - https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2675.abstract N2 - Consistent and fair remuneration is essential to empower African patient partners to contribute to health decisions and policies that affect them, writes Kwanele AsanteGlobal calls for patient partners to be paid fairly for their contributions to the health sector are growing. Most patient partners in Africa work within health facilities as chaperones or “champions” or as ad hoc public partners in health policy making and biomedical research.The fair pay movement is particularly strong in Canada and Europe, but it’s yet to take hold in a meaningful way in Africa, where it’s most needed. African member states and global health organisations are leaving health users in Africa behind by not prioritising their health and human right to participate in policy making and decisions that affect their healthcare. Consistent and fair remuneration will enable and empower African patient partners to meaningfully participate in key national and global health deliberations.The World Health Organization defines social participation as “empowering people, communities and civil society through inclusive participation in decision-making processes that affect [their] health, across the policy cycle and at all levels of … ER -