The estimated 50 million nomadic pastoralists in Africa are among the most “hard-to-reach”
populations for health-service delivery. While data are limited, some studies have identified …

Achieving and maintaining high vaccination coverage requires investments, but the costs
and effectiveness of interventions to increase coverage remain poorly characterized. We …

Background: Deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases are one of the leading causes of
death among African children. Vaccine coverage is an essential measure to decrease infant …

COVID-19 is a global pandemic that continues to spread around the world, including to
Africa where cases are steadily increasing. The African Centres for Disease Control and …

Background Nomadic lifestyle has been shown to be a significant factor in low immunization
coverage. However, other factors which might aggravate vaccination uptake in nomadic …

Objective Mobile pastoralists are one of the last populations to be reached by health
services and are frequently missed by health campaigns. Since health interventions among …

Background Demand side barriers to vaccination among rural and hard-to-reach
populations in Chad are not yet well understood. Although innovative approaches such as …

Background Nomadic populations have a considerably higher risk of contracting a number
of diseases but, despite the magnitude of the public health risks involved, they are mostly …

Background Community engagement has been endorsed as a key strategy to achieving
integrated people-centered eye care that enables people and communities to receive a full …

Building on the experience of the 2013–2014 wild poliovirus outbreak in the Horn of Africa,
this study examines applied strategies that helped to engage pastoralists of the Somali …