| A 5th-year medical student describes his 2 weeks spent with the Isiolo District Mobile Medical Unit, eastern Kenya. The first mobile clinic in the country was established in 1969 by the Methodist Church, and its aim has been to provide basic medical care for mothers and children in particular. The Isiolo unit is staffed by a British doctor and nurse, but it is intended that a Kenyan medical assistant will eventually run the unit, under part-time supervision. The author concludes that the mobile medical unit is a successful project with high attendance figures and that the scheme should be expanded into the northern districts of Kenya where the nomadic population especially would benefit from a health service such as this. |