Health of mobile pastoralists in the Sahel - assessment of 15 years of research and development

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1044-1052

  Montavon, A ^a   Jean Richard, V ^a   Bechir, M ^b   Daugla, D M ^b   Abdoulaye, M ^b   Bongo Nare R N ^c   Diguimbaye Djaibe C ^c   Alfarouk, I O ^c   Schelling, E ^a   Wyss, K ^a   Tanner, M ^a   Zinsstag, J ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Centre de Support en Santé Internationale   (South Africa)

^c Institut de Recherche en Elevage pour le Développement ex Laboratoire   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health; Mobile pastoralists; Sahel

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RETINOL;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; LIVESTOCK; MIGRATION; PASTORALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EVENT; LIVESTOCK; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MILK; MOBILE PASTORALISM; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORK; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; WELLBEING; ZOONOSIS;

HEALTH; MOBILE PASTORALISTS; SAHEL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MILK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; ZOONOSES;

KENYA; MAURITANIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SOMALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84881661920     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12147     Document Type: Article

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