Physical Location: Alupe, Busia District, Western Kenya.
 

Mandates

1. Leprosy: epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, management, control strategies, immunology, drug sensitivity, rehabilitation, vaccine and drug trials, psycho-sociological studies and animal experimental studies.
   

2. Skin diseases: epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, drug trials, control strategies, immunology and drug sensitivity.
   

3. Molecular epidemiology of agents of dermatological conditions.

4. Studies on HIV/AIDS/STI.