Posters

There is a brucellosis outbreak here in Uganda.  It is spread through drinking unpasteurized milk or handling raw meat of infected animals.  We've been treating a lot of people for it at the clinic, so I was asked to make some educational signs to hang around the office.

I did.  I even included cheesy clip art (one of a guy milking a cow, another of a butcher chopping meat).  Then someone else translated the sign into Runyoro, and we will hang both posters around the office.  That's public health.  That's cool.

But as I walked home last night it dawned on me- I will probably never know if those signs have any effect.  A medical doctor can quantify exactly how many people they have cured and assisted. But a public health practitioner will rarely (if ever) know the real impact of their preventative initiatives.  That stinks.