Retinol Assessment Among Women and Children in Sahelian Mobile Pastoralists

• Published in: EcoHealth Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 113 - 121
• Main Authors: Bechir, M, Schelling, E, Kraemer, K, Schweigert, F, Bonfoh, B, Crump, L, Tanner, M, Zinsstag, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.06.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; anemia; Animal Ecology; Animals; Anthropometry; beta Carotene - blood; beta-carotene; Blood; blood serum; Chad - epidemiology; Child; children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developing Countries; Disease prevention; Disease transmission; Ecosystems; emaciation; Environmental Health; Female; Fluorometry; gastrointestinal system; Health Status; Humans; LDCs; Life Style; lifestyle; Livestock; Male; Maternal & child health; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microbiology; milk; Milk - chemistry; Milk, Human - chemistry; new methods; Nomads; Original Contribution; pastoralism; Public Health; Risk Factors; Rural Population; Sahel; Sedentary Behavior; Transients and Migrants; Vitamin A; Vitamin A - blood; Vitamin A Deficiency - blood; Vitamin A Deficiency - epidemiology; vitamin status; Water and Health; women; Chad; retinol; nomadic pastoralist; Chad; vitamin A

Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread in developing countries, particularly in remote communities such as mobile pastoralists. The nutritional and vitamin A status of this population is not well-documented in Chad. This study assessed serum retinol levels among women and children under five-year...