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USAID supports set up of subnational Health Cluster structure in Somalia, boosting localization
Dr Uday Raj Naidu Canchi Bhoopal (pictured in the middle), a WHO subnational Health Cluster coordinator, joins the Health Cluster strategic advisory group in a humanitarian fund allocation review exercise for partners in Jubaland. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Somalia3 July 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Ms Fatima Abdirazak Ahmed joined WHO in Somalia at...
Prime Minister launches Somalia Immunization and Polio Eradication Task Force, calling for swifter action to end vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks
1 July 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – In a landmark step to accelerate progress towards accelerating immunization coverage and ending polio in Somalia, the Prime Minister of Somalia, His Excellency Mr Hamza Abdi Barre, launched a national task force on immunization and polio and a related forum on 29 June 2024. The Somalia Immunization and Polio...
Japan and WHO’s new project targets 900 000 flood- and drought-affected people in Somalia
WHO Representative to Somalia Dr Reinhilde Van de Weerdt (left) met with H.E. Mr OKANIWA Ken, Ambassador of Japan to Somalia, to express appreciation for Japan’s support. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/M. Saydahmat12 June 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – A critical project led by the WHO Country Office in Somalia aims to reach nearly 900 000 people with...
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response system: a game changer in Somalia
WHO and Ministry of Health personnel check for IDSR priority conditions during a joint support supervision visit to a health centre in Beledweyne district, Hirshabelle state, Somalia. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Somalia11 June 2024, Somalia – Amid the complex humanitarian emergency that is ongoing in Somalia, the population is highly vulnerable to...
WHO and Action Against Hunger provide life-saving health and nutrition services in drought-affected regions of Somalia
Mrs Abdia Adan and her son Mohamed at Garasbaley Health Centre, Kahda district, during his final follow-up appointment to check on his condition. Photo credit: Action Against Hunger/Ahmed Issack11 June 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Abdia Adan returns to Garasbaley Health Centre, in the heart of Kahda district, Banadir Region, for her 8-month-old...
Japan and WHO reach over 3 million people affected by drought and floods in Somalia
A mother and her child at a Public Health Centre of one of the drought-affected districts in Kismayo, Somalia. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/I. Taxta1 May 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – A 12-month project led by the WHO Country Office in Somalia over the course of 2023 reached 3 137 217 people affected by drought or flood. The project was made possible...
Somalia marks World Immunization Week with a call to accelerate efforts to reach every child with essential, life-saving immunizations
29 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – While marking World Immunization Week this year, Somalia’s Federal Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have jointly urged partners and donors to accelerate immunization efforts to reach every child in Somalia. This year’s World Immunization Week...
Somalia’s tangible progress on malaria, even in the face of new strains
A team engages in insecticide residual spraying as a core interruption measure in response to the malaria outbreak in Burtinle, in Puntland, Somalia. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/A. Mukhtar25 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia managed to reduce the prevalence rate of malaria from 20.1% in 2015 to 4.1% in 2023 in the most affected areas by...
King Salman Relief helps equip 28 health facilities with medical oxygen to address killer diseases among children
The Ministry of Health of Somalia receives medical equipment and supplies for 28 health facilities in Mogadishu. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/I. Taxta18 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Biomedical equipment and essential medicines are to reach 28 health facilities across Somalia thanks to the “Every Breath Counts” project, funded by the King Salman...
Somalia’s health minister and partners plan to intensify efforts to end 7-year variant poliovirus outbreak
Partners commit to take bold steps to boost routine immunization and child health in Somalia A health worker vaccinates a child from a nomadic family, Puntland. WHO/WHO Somalia16 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia’s Minister of Health and Human Services His Excellency Dr Ali Haji Adam and high-level representatives of the Global Polio...
