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Nomads of the West African sahel and the delivery of health services to them
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The experiences had in delivering health services to pastoral Tuareg and Maure nomads living in the West African sahel are presented and a demonstration of the complete separation of health service delivery and tax collection is demonstrated.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 1974-08-01. It has received 25 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.read more
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Where health care has no access: the nomadic populations of sub-Saharan Africa.
TL;DR: Nomadic and seminomadic pastoralists make optimal use of scarce water and pasture in the arid regions south of the Sahara desert, spreading from Mauretania in the west to Somalia in East Africa to assess the best ways to provide them with modern health care.
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Population movement: a key factor in the epidemiology of neglected tropical diseases.
TL;DR: This review provides an overview of the complex ways in which population movements are linked to spread and control of neglected tropical diseases – often exacerbated by insufficient medical services and sanitary infrastructure.
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Epidemic cholera in Mali: high mortality and multiple routes of transmission in a famine area.
TL;DR: Drought-related scarcity of curdled milk may permit millet gruel to be a vehicle for cholera in Mali, and two routes of transmission are identified: drinking water from one well in a village outside the drought area, and eating left-over millet Gruel in a droughtaffected village.
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Epidemiology and control of parasites in nomadic situations
TL;DR: The influence of a number of factors on the prevalence and transmission of parasitic infections in nomads is discussed and relevant information that needs to be acquired to develop appropriate practical and cost-effective health and veterinary care and control programmes is outlined.
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Leishmaniasis in the Republic of Mali.
TL;DR: While several definite foci exist in the sahel, the results of this survey support the impression that the disease has a wide distribution.
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Traditional attitudes towards measles in the Republic of Mali.
TL;DR: The traditional beliefs about measles among all of Mali's ethnic groups has been presented and treatment practices and dietary restrictions significantly add to the serious morbidity and high mortality associated with the disease.
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Les Touareg de l'ouest
TL;DR: In this article, Bissuel (Le commandant) described a "ouvrage" composed avec des renseignements fournis par sept prisonniers touaregs du Hoggar livres par les Chamban a l'autorite francaise.