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Somalia and stakeholders commit to act now, to take urgent, bold steps to end the ongoing circulating poliovirus type 2 outbreak and keep the country free from wild poliovirus
NAIROBI, 22 March 2022 – Yesterday, the Federal Government of Somalia, World Health Organization (WHO) and members of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) recommitted to stopping the ongoing outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Somalia at a three-day meeting convened in Nairobi, Kenya. High-level delegates at the...
WHO and EU hand over life-saving medical oxygen plant to Somalia: a landmark achievement in bridging gaps in oxygen supply in the country
MOGADISHU, 18 March 2022 – On 17 March 2022, Dr Mamunur Rahman Malik, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative and Head of Mission to Somalia, handed over a duplex pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen plant to H.E. Fawziya Abikar Nur, the Minister of Health of Somalia, alongside H.E. Tiina Intelmann, European Union (EU) Ambassador to...
Anticipatory action and timely response help avert major outbreaks and protect the most vulnerable from health effects of drought
Community health workers explain methods of disease prevention. Credit: WHO/Somalia 10 March 2022 – Somalia has witnessed intermittent drought over the last 3 decades. Each drought, and natural catastrophe, has brought with it a string of health consequences, magnified even further in a country with fragile and vulnerable health system. CERF...
Somalia makes history by hosting its first ever health research conference in Garowe
Dr Mamunur Rahman Malik, WHO Representative to Somalia, in discussion with HE Per Lindgarde, Ambassador of Sweden to Somalia. Credit: WHO/Mukhtar 19 February 2022 – The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the importance of health research in finding solutions to health challenges. To address the most urgent health priorities using evidence-based...
Forgotten diseases: Achieving health equity to end the neglect of poverty-related diseases in Somalia
A technical officer from the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Mona Osman, after a discussion with patients. Credit: WHO30 January 2022 – In May 2021, the World Health Assembly resolved to dedicate 30 January each year as World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day to shed light on the public health challenge that neglected...
WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2021–2025 for Somalia signs off. Partners hail it as a landmark event
At a signing ceremony held in Mogadishu on 11 December 2021, on the eve of Universal Health Coverage Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) country office for Somalia launched its five-year Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), 2021–2025, for Somalia, which will guide its health programme over the next five years in line with national development...
WHO’s report on establishing emergency, critical and operative care services in a fragile setting while capitalizing on the COVID-19 response in Somalia officially launched
14 December 2021 – On 9 December 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) country office for Somalia officially launched a report entitled ‘Capitalizing on the COVID-19 response: towards establishing emergency, critical and operative care services in a fragile setting.’ Led by the WHO Representative to Somalia, Dr Mamunur Malik, this official...
Universal Health Coverage Day: translating the dream of ‘health for all’ into a reality
The concept of UHC addresses people of all backgrounds and ages. Credit: Fouzia Bano 12 December 2021 – In 2012, in acknowledgement of the role health plays in social, economic and political aspects of life, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution urging countries to progress towards the concept of universal health coverage (UHC). UHC...
Antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests: a game-changer for COVID-19 testing in Somalia
A laboratory technician collects a nasopharyngeal swab sample, then performs COVID-19 testing using Ag-RDT in rural health facility for Ag-RDT testing, Rako district, Karkaar region, referral health centre Collection of nasopharyngeal swab sample, South West State, Somalia 7 December 2021 - As emphasized by the World Health Organization (WHO),...
Living with disabilities is no barrier to living with dignity and pride
Commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021 in Somalia 3 December 2021 – The International Day of Persons with Disabilities, commemorated on 3 December 2021, shines a spotlight on challenges that people living with disabilities face. The international day, first proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly resolution...
