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. We attempted to summarize the fragmentary evidence from the literature on the health status of these populations and to assess the best ways to provide them with modern health care. Infant mortality is ...

Village poultry closely interact with wild birds and other livestock in extensively managed poultry flocks, a practice common in pastoral communities of Nigeria. This practice provides sustained dissemination of avian viruses, such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus. The objectives of this study were to assess their knowledge/awareness, risks identification and biosecurity m...

Introduction. Relevance and dating: one of the widely known stereotypes interaction between Forest Steppe, considered as economic social structures, is their innate rivalry struggle. Materials methods. An analysis data available to historical science suggests that following described above, when considering specific events consequences Vyatichi ethno-potestar association its nomadic neighbors (...

Introduction. The article examines a manuscript describing wedding ceremony of the Bayad Mongols who nowadays inhabit northwestern parts Mongolia. paper suggests may have been authored by A. Burdukov (1883–1943). This is Russian-language text with colloquial phrases and lexemes characteristic early 20th century. Goals. seeks to introduce archival document as evidence his life in Mongolia that f...