Entoto Twining Telescopes: first facilities in East Africa for astronomy research

Astronomy With Small Telescopes

The All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) is monitoring all sky to about 14 mag with a cadence of about 1 day; it has discovered about 10 variable stars, most of them new. The instrument used for the survey had aperture of 7 cm. A search for planetary transits has lead to the discovery of about a dozen confirmed planets, so called ’hot Jupiters’, providing the information of planetary masses and radi...

Paying for Health Services in East Africa: A Research Note

The goal of providing universal access to health care based upon the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a laudable one. In nearly all African countries, ‘demands from international donors for increased efficiency and competition are leading governments to play a smaller role in providing health care’ (Panos Report, 1994, p. 1). This paper explores the different healthcare financing initia...

Implementing a regional integrated laboratory proficiency testing scheme for peripheral health facilities in East Africa

INTRODUCTION Regular participation in external quality assessment (EQA) is critical for maintaining laboratory performance and is required for laboratory accreditation. Proficiency testing (PT) is effective for providing EQA, but available schemes rarely address the range of tests performed by peripheral laboratories in resource-limited settings. The East African Regional External Quality Asses...

Ground based gamma-ray astronomy with Cherenkov Telescopes

Very-high-energy (>100 GeV) γ-ray astronomy is emerging as an important discipline in both high energy astrophysics and astro-particle physics. This field is currently dominated by Imaging Atmospheric-Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) and arrays of these telescopes. Such arrays have achieved the best angular resolution and energy flux sensitivity in the γ-ray domain and are still far from the fundam...

A leopard ate a chimpanzee: first evidence from East Africa.