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"First and foremost the evangelist"? Mission and government priorities for the
treatment of leprosy in Uganda, 1927-1948
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Vongsathorn K
J East Afr Stud
2012[Aug]; 6
(3
): 544-560
PMID24949084
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Early historiography on medicine in British colonial Africa suggests that
colonial government and missionary medicine occupied two relatively distinct
spheres, and that government officials viewed medical missionaries with suspicion
and distrust. Contrary to this paradigm, this article suggests that missionaries
and colonial government officials collaborated extensively and amicably in the
treatment of leprosy in Uganda. Mission, medical, and government correspondence
and reports are drawn upon in order to demonstrate that the suspicion and tension
that characterised so many other interactions between British colonial government
officials and missionaries was largely absent in the treatment of leprosy in
Uganda. The mutual social and cultural priorities of missionaries and government
administrators led to a system of isolated, in-patient leprosy care that was
limited in scope and reflective not of a goal for the public health of Uganda,
but rather a vision for the future of Uganda as a "civilised" and Christian
country.
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