In your presentation at the first East African health and scientific conference in Kampala, you stressed the issue of involving communities in sett ing a national agenda for health services and health research. Why is it important to involve communities?

There is an old English saying that it is the wearer who knows where the shoe pinches. Similarly, communities (groups of people in society that are affected by common health issues) are in the best position to identify and even prioritize their health problems.