Social SciencesCommunity HealthHealth PolicyHealth GeographyHerd HealthRural DevelopmentAnimal HusbandryPastoralismSubsistence PatternsSubsistence PracticesSubsistence StrategiesHealth Care EconomicsHealth Services PolicyNomadic HerdingNomadic SocietiesPastoral HealthPastoral MigrationPastoral NomadismPrimary Health Care Access
Pastoral nomadism, a way of life in many developing countries, especially in Africa, has received little attention from planners, economists and governments, partly because the communities in question present what are perceived as difficult logistical problems. Yet it is incumbent on the authorities to develop practical and feasible approaches to the delivery of primary health care for nomadic populations.