This, therefore, can and should be done. The Turkana, like any other group, should understand their problems, and should devise the solutions, whatever they may be, themselves. The overall position is reasonably clear. Where the details are concerned there is room for a great deal of doubt and argument. Any intervention should include the requirement that further investigations should be carried out, discussed, analysed and published.
Medical ethics accepts that there is a right to a certain level of medical care.
Socialdevelopment may be defined in many ways. The hazards that the community faces are of several kinds. Some may be amenable to management, some may raise medical questions, and some may be beyond the scope of any project to address. For example, problems relating to drought, although crucial to the welfare of Turkana pastoralists, are beyond the scope of present-day interventions. Medical hazards that might be mitigated include such diseases as malaria, hydatid disease, tuberculosis, trachoma, and trauma.