With the money he received from his relatives abroad, Wolli Edris Ahmad (his actual name is changed for privacy reasons) bought a handful of consumable goods and spent most of it buying medicines his family and relatives would need back in the village. 

The following day he would depart from the capital, Addis Ababa, to visit his pastoralist relatives who reside 946 KMs away in Dollo Addo Woreda, Liban Zone of Ethiopia's Somali Region, which shares a long open border with the Federal Republic of Somalia.

Inaccessible health systems in underprivileged pastoral areas like Dollo Ado significantly impede achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In addition to the weak health systems, poverty, and recurring drought predispose the communities to a higher risk of ill health and undernutrition.