Wellcome Trust image faux pas in Africa


	Wellcome Trust image faux pas in Africa

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6-20-2007 7:02 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8c689f9c-a6bb-4fee-8ae9-16a432bbb4b8/8E783F60-F0C8-4D11-A87C-EACEE72A1B4C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAndPublicAffairs/SPAArchive/SPAJune07/index.html" href="http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAndPublicAffairs/SPAArchive/SPAJune07/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.the-ba.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAndPublicAffairs/SPAArchive/SPAJune07/index.html"><P>What do you do if, like Wellcome Trust medical workers in Africa, you suddenly discover that your cultural baggage is proving hard to bear for the people you are trying to help? That, in local custom, your logo of two entwined snakes foretells death? That the recipients of your therapeutic skills suspect you of giving their blood to evil spirits? </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAndPublicAffairs/SPAArchive/SPAJune07/index.html"><P>These were some of the unpleasant findings of <A href="http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAndPublicAffairs/SPAArchive/SPAJune07/CoverStoryJune07.htm" title="Internal link to Cover Story">research carried out by the Wellcome Trust in Kenya</A>. Trying to get to grips with malaria and its transmission, the medical workers were unaware of the way the local people regarded them and their efforts. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.the-ba.net/the-ba/CurrentIssues/ReportsandPublications/ScienceAndPublicAffairs/SPAArchive/SPAJune07/index.html"><P>In response, they developed and implemented a new approach to community engagement, which has evolved into a programme of partnership and consultation between them and the local communities. The two-way dialogue that has resulted benefits not only the local people, but also the science being carried out amongst them. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8E783F60-F0C8-4D11-A87C-EACEE72A1B4C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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