Submitted: Friday, January 23, 1998 Isidore Silas Obot, Ph.D., M.P.H. Research Fellow Johns Hopkins University Department of Mental Hygiene School of Hygiene and Public Health 624 North Broadway Baltimore, Maryland 21205 USA phone: 410-614-4698 fax: 410-955-9088 e-mail: IOBOT@JUNO.COMor IOBOT@JHSPH.EDU Research interest in health and hygiene in Africa; HIV / AIDS and substance abuse issues; culture and illness.