Health and sanitary status in 1970 of Tubu nomads dwelling in Northeastern Niger

作     者：Jean-Franois Magnaval Christian Oosterbosch Michel Mandl MABN group 

作者机构：Department of Medical Parasitology Faculty of Medicine-Purpan Toulouse France CNRS UMR 5288 Paul-Sabatier University Toulouse France Les Nouveaux Généralistes Liège Belgium Lieutenant-General (retired) Belgian Air Force Leefdaal Belgium Mission Anthropologique Belge au Niger 

出 版 物：《Journal of Medical Colleges of PLA(China)》 (中国人民解放军军医大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第29卷第3期

页      面：150-161页

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Saharan nomadic tribes Tubu people Health status Sahara Niger Djado Seguedine Mission anthropologique belge au niger 

摘      要：Background: The Tubu are nomadic people who live in remote parts of the central Sahara, primarily in the Tibesti massif(Chad), and in both Northeastern Niger and Southern Libya. All of these areas are close to become conflict zones. However, no data about the Tubu s health and sanitary status are currently available, which would be of major concern if humanitarian interventions would become ***: In 1970, the Mission Anthropologique Belge au Niger(MABN) investigated a Tubu tribe named Broaya that lived at Seguedine and Djado on the northeastern rim of the Tenere desert. One hundred fifty-one adult volunteers answered an oral questionnaire and underwent a medical examination, followed by the collection of blood thin films and samples of urine and stool. The environmental fauna of medical importance was also ***: Albeit 43 year-old, these results have not been previously published. The estimated age of death for fathers was approximately 56 years, and that for mothers was 60 years. On average, each married woman had had 4.7 children. The overall perinatal mortality rate was 232 ‰, the overall infant mortality rate was 153 ‰, and the overall child mortality rate was 99 ‰. The mean height was 164.1 cm and 157.4 cm, the mean weight was 50.1 kg and 47.9kg, and the mean blood pressure was 131/78 mm Hg and 127/75 mm Hg for males and females, respectively. The physical examination found 6 cases of blindness(4.0%). Five subjects presented with an elevated blood pressure(3.3%), and 5(3.3%) displayed an abnormal thoracic auscultation evocative of tuberculosis or of an acute lung infection. The abdominal examination and renal palpation found 5 large masses(3.3%), and 2 subjects had a palpable enlarged spleen(1.3%). The blood thin films were fixed in methanol and subsequently examined in Toulouse. The search for blood parasites was negative. The urine samples were centrifuged and then microscopically examined in the field. No blood-fluke eggs were found.