Research Update

Things are somehow moving along quite well so far with our research. We being pretesting surveys tomorrow and are training the interviewers that we will be using to survey patients today. We are using locals to help with the language barrier and also with cultural barriers, as the Kenyans are prone to agree regardless of whether or not they really do. Paul did a great job of mobilizing people, a feat which cannot be given too much credit since getting anything done here is a royal pain in the ass and takes forever. People arent used to doing anything with any urgency whatsoever, so I am glad that he has figured out how to get things going, and also that I dont have to deal with it.
We have also set a schedule to go and visit hospital workers and patients, and seemingly have the support of the district health leaders and their staff. For the next week and a half we will be working more locally in Isinya, Kajiado, and Kittengela. The next two to three weeks however we will be traveling most o f the week into the "deep interior". I am looking most forward to this as we will be far removed from the urban areas, and able to see Masai culture in its most natural environment.