mGenAfrica is an internet-based platform and mobile application designed to promote engagement between research staff in genomics and other health research fields with high school learners (16-19 year olds)
Project Report: TrypanoGEN
by Mesh Editorial TeamProject Report: Engagement in the H3Africa Consortium
by Mesh Editorial TeamProject Report: Science, Art, Community: Building Interactive Understanding of Albinism in Tanzania
by Alex Magaga, Mesh Editorial TeamProject Report: Confluence of the Old and New: Understanding Resistance to New Born Screening in Nigeria
by Adebolajo AdeyemoProject Report: The Lucky Specials
by Mesh Editorial TeamProject Report: Using Traditional Arts to Engage School Students on Environmental Health Issues in Delhi, India
by Rachita Gupta, kartiksharma, Banalata SenOur Environment, Our Health was conceived to raise awareness among school students of India’s pressing environmental health challenges. The approach enabled students to learn, discuss and respond to environmental health issues through a process of creative inquiry and puppetry
Alexander Adadevoh from Lab 13 Ghana demonstrates how creative hands-on activities can be used to stimulate investigation, curiosity, discussion and learning in science.
Workshop Report: Creative science engagement at the Crick and beyond
by Mesh Editorial Team, Jenny JopsonThis article describes and provides the tools to use a card game developed to engage players with the genetics behind malaria susceptibility.
Guide/Project Report: A Question of Taste - Hands-on Demonstration of Genomics
by mesheditorialteam, Bella StarlingThis article introduces an activity designed to introduce people to key concepts in genomics.
Science Engagement in Schools: Panel Discussion from 2017 Wellcome Trust International Engagement Workshop
by Editorial TeamThe benefits of running science engagement activities in schools, as well as some of the key challenges of doing so, were explored by a panel of school engagement experts from around the world in this discussion the Wellcome Trust International Engagement Workshop in 2017
Literature: The Value of Hands-on Activity In Science Engagement
by Relating Research to PracticeThis document from Relating Research to Practice provides practitioner briefs and links to four key pieces of research on the value and practicalities of engaging audiences with science through crafting, hands-on activities, or "tinkering".
Mwangi Chege, participant of the 2017 Wellcome Trust workshop "It’s Complicated: navigating scientific complexity in public and community engagement" reflects on learning from the workshop. In particular, the Kenyan premiere of The Lucky Specials, a feature film designed as both entertainment and engagement with audiences about Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis and the importance of drug adherence.