East African Med Journal

Great resource. You might have to access this journal through Cal Poly Library.

~Ruth

African Medical/Research Foundation

Research Organization:
AMREF Headquarters, Langata Road, P.O. Box 27691 - 00506, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 20 6993000 Fax: +254 20 609518
Great contact source

Case Study:
The nomadic Maasai people suffer from a high rate of blinding eye disease trachoma. Causing 16% of all blindness in Kenya, this fungal infection can be prevented by careful use of scarce water and cured if caught before blindness occurs. To prevent and treat trachoma, AMREF trained a network of community health volunteers. As are many in their community, the volunteers are often illiterate, so they use a recording system of coloured beads. Different colours indicate which children are clear of trachoma, have not been examined or have the infection. Those infected are immediately referred to the AMREF trachoma worker who applies antibiotic eye ointment. Since 1997, trachoma cases have fallen in over half of the project area villages and not a single child has gone blind from trachoma.

~Ruth

kenya medical research center

Good contact for more info regarding health status of Maasai:



Centre Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Control Research (CIPDCR) Busia
P.O. Box
Busia, Kenya
Tel: +254-55-22410
Fax:+254-55-
Email:

Centre Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR) Nairobi
P.O. Box 20752-00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-27225451
Fax:+254-20-2725012
Email: cphr@wananchi.com

The Director,
Centre for Centre for Virus Research (CVR) Nairobi
P.O. Box 54628-00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-20-27225451
Fax:+254-20-2726115
Email: cvr@kemri.org

~ruth