TY - JOUR T1 - What’s Next in Design for Global Health? How Design and Global Health Must Adapt for a Preferable Future JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - S283 LP - S294 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00280 VL - 9 IS - Supplement 2 AU - Ayush Chauhan AU - Krista Donaldson AU - Ana Santos AU - Michael Ngigi Y1 - 2021/11/29 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/9/Supplement_2/S283.abstract N2 - Key MessagesDesign for global health is an emerging field of diverse histories and areas of misalignment in creating equity. Using a health futures framework, it is possible to better align incentives and strategies to improve the effectiveness of global health efforts. To do so, will require shifts in mindset and practice in both global health and design.The COVID-19 pandemic and challenges to scaling sustainable solutions have highlighted the need to evolve both practices, for example, recognizing the interdependence between planetary and human health and refocusing our efforts on the health seeker instead of merely on the systems and technologies for health provision.For a preferable future in which there is greater coordination and improved health outcomes even in emergencies, the global health sector must evolve to an inherent focus on the health of individuals over health care. Design practice must evolve itself toward new paradigms of life-centered design and speculative design.Our global society faces unprecedented challenges and demands for appropriate, rethought solutions to how our lives are organized. The pandemic future predicted by experts1–3 arrived in late 2019 with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)—a period where society witnessed collaborative global health in action. While there were many successes in the global response, there were also significant areas for improvement that could have saved lives and significantly increased well-being.In this commentary, we collectively envision the future of design in global health and the interactions between the disciplines. We do this to inspire and strengthen the practice of design for global health and to provoke the continuous development of this thriving and emerging field. To address the needs and opportunities of our future, our sector must also recognize the influences of our past and the nascent stage of design for global health today. Our commentary is meant as … ER -