In addition to the limited and varying natural resources, the Turkana and Pokot region has experienced significant political marginalisation which has led to a lack of basic services such as education, road infrastructure and health services (GoK 2007; McSherry and Brass 2008).
This disenfranchisement between state and pastoral communities is presented as a significant cause of pastoral marginalisation and vulnerability.
The most significant finding was the compaction and marginalisation of chromatin at the nuclear periphery, which is a cytological hallmark of apoptosis (Kerr et al, 1995).
6 Sickness absence can mean deprivation of an important social arena, with social marginalisation, isolation and exclusion as possible results.
In combination with droughts, diseases, small arms and social, political and economic marginalisation, the effects of raiding pose a significant threat for pastoral livelihoods.
Its new Hip-Hop Psych initiative posits the theory that a significant amount of the genre comes from areas where poverty, marginalisation, crime and drugs are inevitable day-to-day realities, and that these, according to consultant psychiatrist Dr Akeem Sule, "are [among] the key risk factors for mental illness.
As such, given the significant presence of P. juliflora and the pre-existing potential for marginalisation, the study area is apposite and timely.
Additionally, the Afar constitute one of the most significant pastoral groups in the Horn of Africa and are subjected to the marginalisation and misrepresentation which commonly confront pastoralists (Devereux and Tibbo 2013).
This is a significant change from traditional approaches to quality of care assessment in the context of marginalisation where objective measures are lacking.
Violent conflict poses a significant threat to pastoral livelihoods which are already under pressure from recurrent drought, diseases and political marginalisation.
