Exploring opportunities to enhance effectiveness of mobile health and nutrition strategy for providing health and nutrition services amongst pastoralists in Somali region, Ethiopia

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作者
Oladeji, Olusola [1 ]
Oladeji, Bibilola [2 ]
Omer, Mohamed Diaaeldin [3 ]
Farah, Abdifatah Elmi [1 ]
Ameda, Ida M. [3 ]
Gera, Rajeev [4 ]
Ismail, Abibakar S. [5 ]
Ayanle, Mohamed [5 ]
Nixon, Opiyo [1 ]
Diriye, Hadis M. [5 ]
机构
[1] UNICEF Ethiopia, UNICEF Somali Reg, Jijiga, Ethiopia
[2] Univ Ibadan, Coll Med, Dept Psychiat, Ibadan, Nigeria
[3] UNICEF ESARO, East & Southern Africa Reg Off, Nairobi, Kenya
[4] UNICEF Ethiopia, Country Off, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[5] Somali Reg Hlth Bur, Jijiga, Ethiopia
关键词
mobile health team; pastoralist; woreda (district); nutrition; strategy;
D O I
10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2723
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background: The health system in Ethiopia's Somali Region is weak with limited number of health facilities with more than 60% of the population living more than 5 km to the nearest health facilities. The deployment of mobile health and nutrition teams has played critical role in providing essential health and nutrition services. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the mobile health and nutrition strategy in providing health and nutrition services in the targeted woredas (districts). Setting: Somali Region of Ethiopia. Methods: The study was a retrospective chart review of the monthly mobile health and nutrition team and the static health facilities in the 29 woredas between April 2019 and March 2020 and the AccessMod analyses for geographical accessibility to health facilities in the region. Results: 40 (40.4%) out of the 99 woredas in Somali regions have at least 80% of the population living more than 5 km from the nearest health facility out of which 18 (45%) woredas are currently being supported by the mobile health team. The mobile team contributed to increasing access to health services in the targeted woredas with 30.8% of the total children vaccinated for measles and 39% of the total children treated for severe acute malnutrition in the targeted 29 woredas. Conclusion: With mobile health and nutrition strategy being recognised as a useful strategy to deliver health and nutrition services in the region, there is a need to explore opportunities and innovation to enhance the effectiveness of the implementation.
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