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Participants employed in the global south associated \u201ctropical medicine\u201d more with a geographical connotation (77\/85 versus 346\/471,\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt;0.001). Only 21% saw the need to replace the term, with stigmatization (35%) mentioned as a major association. Free-text responses showed varying perceptions. Some respondents pointed out that replacing the term is not sufficient to achieve \u201cgenuine change\u201d. The study\u2019s results raise the question whether a change in terminology can act as a driver of decolonization, stressing that the need for structural reforms is far more important.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.26-0458","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,20]],"date-time":"2026-10-20T14:48:16Z","timestamp":1792507696000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Global Perceptions of the Term \u201cTropical Medicine\u201d: Results from a Cross-Regional Multilingual Survey"],"prefix":"10.4269","author":[{"given":"Mirna Safia","family":"Abd El Aziz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health, Hamburg, Germany;"},{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine I, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Viktoria","family":"Schneitler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health, Hamburg, Germany;"},{"name":"Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Medical Faculty, University Hospital D\u00fcsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul","family":"Rahden Aries","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health, Hamburg, Germany;"},{"name":"Infectious Disease Clinic, University of L\u00fcbeck and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, L\u00fcbeck, Germany;"},{"name":"RG Neglected Diseases and Envenoming, Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sabine","family":"B\u00e9lard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health, Hamburg, Germany;"},{"name":"Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany;"},{"name":"German Center for Infectious Disease Research, DZIF Partner Site T\u00fcbingen, T\u00fcbingen, Germany;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sophie","family":"Schneitler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health, Hamburg, Germany;"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Hygiene and Immunology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"b1","article-title":"LSHTM and Colonialism: A Report on the Colonial History of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (1899\u2013c.1960).","author":"Hirsch","year":"2022"},{"issue":"5","key":"b2","series-title":"BMJ Glob Health","first-page":"e011748","article-title":"Decolonisation initiatives at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium: Ready for change?","volume":"8","author":"Affun-Adegbulu","year":"2023"},{"key":"b3","article-title":"Forschen-Heilen-Lehren: 100 Jahre Hamburger Tropeninstitut: Bernhard-Nocht-Inst. f\u00fcr Tropenmedizin","author":"Tode","year":"2000"},{"issue":"8","key":"b4","series-title":"BMJ Glob Health","first-page":"e002947","article-title":"Decolonising global (public) health: From western universalism to global pluriversalities","volume":"5","author":"Affun-Adegbulu","year":"2020"},{"issue":"1","key":"b5","series-title":"Hist Philos Life Sci","first-page":"69","article-title":"The colony as laboratory: German sleeping sickness campaigns in German East Africa and in Togo, 1900\u20131914","volume":"24","author":"Eckart","year":"2002"},{"issue":"7","key":"b6","series-title":"Lancet Glob Health","first-page":"e897","article-title":"The words we choose matter: Recognising the importance of language in decolonising global health","volume":"9","author":"Hommes","year":"2021"},{"key":"b7","series-title":"BMJ","first-page":"p2232","article-title":"Decolonisation: London\u2019s famous school of \u201ctropical medicine\u201d and its uncomfortable identity","volume":"383","author":"Looi","year":"2023"},{"issue":"2","key":"b8","series-title":"PLOS Glob Public Health","first-page":"e0004094","article-title":"Rethinking neglected tropical diseases: A shift towards more inclusive and equitable terminology","volume":"5","author":"Grijsen","year":"2025"},{"key":"b9","article-title":"RStudio: Integrated Development Environment for R.","year":"2025"},{"key":"b10","series-title":"Handbook of Statistics 2022","year":"2022"},{"key":"b11","series-title":"North South: A Programme for Survival; 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