The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) is located in Eldoret, in the western highlands of Kenya in East Africa. Eldoret is the fifth largest city in Kenya with a population of approximately 200,000. The climate is tropical with an elevation of 7,000 feet. The hospital campus is a 15-minute walk from the gated residential compound, IU House. Residents, attendings and family members reside...

Inspired by the “generalized t-designs” defined by Cameron [P. J. Cameron, A generalisation of t-designs, Discrete Math. 309 (2009), 4835–4842], we define a new class of combinatorial designs which simultaneously provide a generalization of both covering designs and covering arrays. We then obtain a number of bounds on the minimum sizes of these designs, and describe some methods of constructin...

Utilization of herbal products is a major concern due to the possibility of contamination by toxigenic fungi that are mycotoxin producers such as Aspergillus species during processing and packaging. Research was carried out to determine the presence of aflatoxins and fumonisins in herbal medicinal products sold in Eldoret and Mombasa towns in Kenya. The study employed both exploratory and labor...

Research has uncovered substantial gender, social, and health disparities among children youth in street situations (CYSS) Eldoret, Kenya. From 2013-2014 we engaged CYSS aged 11-24 years a qualitative study to explore the sexual language practices used subculture We 65 25 in-depth interviews 5 focus group discussions. This work stark gender inequities, which result girls young women experiencin...

BACKGROUND Substance use among college and university students predicts substance related problems in later life. Few studies on this phenomenon have been carried out in low income countries, and most focus on primary and secondary school students. This study therefore aimed to establish the prevalence and factors associated with drug use among university and college students in a low income co...

BACKGROUND Street-connected youth are a neglected and vulnerable population, particularly in resource-constrained settings. The development of interventions and supports for this population requires insight into how they live. This study describes the social and economic characteristics of a convenience sample of street youth (SY) in Eldoret, Kenya. METHODS Participants were eligible if they ...

—Little information exists on nesting by seabirds and coastal waterbirds in Panamá. The present study of the Gulf of Chiriquí complements our previous study of nesting waterbirds of the Gulf of Panamá. In April 2012, about 4,000 nests of seven species of seabirds and other colonial waterbirds were identified during a complete survey by small plane and boat within and adjacent to the Gulf of Chi...