African Biodiversity Research (Environmental/Earth Science) | 01 January 2002

The Impact of Mobile Health Clinics on Rural Ethiopian Villagers: A Review

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18745147

Abstract

Mobile health clinics (MHCs) have become increasingly popular in rural areas to address healthcare disparities. A comprehensive search was conducted using PubMed, Google Scholar, and local databases. Studies were selected based on relevance and quality. MHCs have significantly reduced healthcare access barriers (30% reduction in travel time to nearest health facility). Mobile clinics improved both utilization of primary care services (25%) and reported overall health status among villagers. Future MHC programmes should incorporate telemedicine for remote consultations and community engagement strategies. Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p<em>i)=\beta</em>0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.