Leaving no one behind: targeting mobile and migrant populations with health interventions for disease elimination—a descriptive systematic review

MW Adams, EG Sutherland, EL Eckert, K Saalim… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Mobile and migrant populations (MMPs) pose a unique challenge to disease
elimination campaigns as they are often hard to survey and reach with treatment. While …

Influences of community engagement and health system strengthening for cholera control in cholera reporting countries

SA Baličević, KO Elimian, C King, K Diaconu… - BMJ Global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
The 2030 Global Task Force on Cholera Control Roadmap hinges on strengthening the
implementation of multistranded cholera interventions, including community engagement …

Mobile health service as an alternative modality for hard-to-reach pastoralist communities of Afar and Somali regions in Ethiopia

K Eba, MJ Gerbaba, Y Abera, D Tadessse, S Tsegaye… - Pastoralism, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Mobile Health Service (MHS) has been introduced as an alternative
strategy to make health care services easily accessible in the Somali and Afar regions of …

Sexual and reproductive health services use among adolescents in pastoralist settings, northeastern Ethiopia

NB Zepro, NT Ali, N Tarr, AA Medhanyie… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Adolescents have special sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) needs and
are susceptible to poor health outcomes. The global burden of ill sexual health includes a …

Assessment of Place of Delivery and Associated Factors among Pastoralists in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Evaluation

LA Tenaw, H Kumsa, MW Arage, A Abera… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Pastoralist communities rely on their livestock for at least 50% of their food
supply and source of income. Home births raise the risk of maternal morbidity and death …

Ivermectin and doxycycline treatments against Onchocerciasis: Adaptations and impact among semi-nomadic population in Massangam Health District, Cameroon

R Nditanchou, R Dixon, K Atekem… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
We trialed strategies to reach semi-nomadic population with interventions targeting
onchocerciasis including a combination of community knowledge and Geographical …

Nomadic pastoralists' experience accessing reproductive and maternal healthcare services in low and middle-income countries: a contextual scoping review

JK Wulifan, AD Dordah, J Sumankuuro - Pastoralism, 2022 - Springer
Globally, discriminately vulnerable and marginalized groups, such as nomadic pastoralist
populations, have perhaps the least access to reproductive and maternal health services …

Geographical variation in hotspots of stunting among under-five children in Ethiopia: A geographically weighted regression and multilevel robust Poisson regression …

BL Seifu, GA Tesema, BM Fentie, TZ Yehuala… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Childhood stunting is a global public health concern, associated with both short
and long-term consequences, including high child morbidity and mortality, poor …

Reproductive health decision making among nomadic pastoralists in North Eastern Kenya: a qualitative social network analysis

L Kenny, R Hassan, LJ Bacchus, M Smith… - Reproductive …, 2021 - Springer
Background To our knowledge, no studies exist on the influence of nomadic pastoralist
women's networks on their reproductive and sexual health (RSH), including uptake of …

Challenges and strategies for the uptake of mass drug administration among pastoralist communities in South Sudan

G Muchiri, M Okwii, P Bukuluki, J Willems… - Frontiers in Tropical …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Preventive chemotherapy through mass drug administration (MDA) to control and eliminate
neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) requires the active participation of communities living …