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Somalia launches campaign to vaccinate one million people against cholera
The campaign comes against the backdrop of the drought that has seen a rise in the number of recorded cholera cases Mogadishu, 22 January 2023 – A 5-day single-dose oral cholera vaccination campaign that aims to reach about one million people has been launched by the Ministry of Health and Human Services with support from UNICEF and the WHO. This...
WHO rolls out capacity-building plan for strengthening trauma care services in Somalia
MOGADISHU, 12 January 2023 –The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Somalia, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, has initiated a capacity-building plan for first responders and hospital managers to strengthen critical trauma care services in the country with the aim of cutting down preventable mortalities within the...
WHO pilots first-ever programme leadership and management training for RMNCAH in Somalia
Participants during a group work exercise developing an annual plan for rolling out the national RMNCAH strategy with key deliverables, indicators and budget lines during the 5-day workshop on programme management in Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: WHO Somalia. Mogadishu, 1 January 2023 – The ongoing drought and the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the gaps...
Universal Health Coverage Day: Building the World We Want to Deliver A Healthy Future for All
Health workers prepared to visit a camp for internally displaced persons in Kismayo, Somalia. Credit: WHO/Ismail Taxte Mogadishu, 12 December 2022 – Since 2014, 12 December has been commemorated as Universal Health Coverage Day, marking the day in 2012 when the United Nations unanimously endorsed a resolution urging all countries to accelerate...
UK and WHO partner to fight against diseases and protect health of drought-affected communities across Somalia
WHO-supported health worker administering vaccine to a child at a primary health care centre in Galkayo, Puntland. WHO/Fouzia Bano Mogadishu, 11 December 2022 – The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) and the World Health Organization country office in Somalia have recently signed an agreement to support...
WHO supports nationwide integrated immunization campaign in the midst of drought: 2.61 million children vaccinated against measles and polio
A health worker inoculating a child in a nomadic settlement during the integrated immunization campaign in Hobyo district of Galmudug state. Credit: WHO/Fouzia Bano Mogadishu, 7 December 2022 – A complex humanitarian crisis caused by conflict, protracted drought and emanating displacements of populations in Somalia has put more than 3.6 million...
€ 1.5 million donation: Germany and WHO join hands to deliver life-saving support to drought-affected communities
An outreach workers reaches out to a family in remote area of State of Galmudug, Somalia. Credit: WHO Somalia/FouziaMogadishu, 1 December 2022 – The Government of Germany has donated €1.5 million to the WHO country office in Somalia with the aim of providing life-saving health care to the people of Somalia living in dire humanitarian conditions....
WHO Somalia calls for breaking the barriers to ensure equal access to HIV services
Credit: HIV test kit, WHO Somalia/Fouzia Mogadishu, 1 December 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with Federal and State ministries of health, has managed to keep the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevalence in Somalia on a steady decline, from above 1% in 2013 to 0.10% in 2022,...
WHO, the International Humanitarian City of Dubai and Government of United Arab Emirates extend life-saving support to twin-blast victims of Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 13 November 2022 – The World Health Organizations (WHO) Somalia country office, received over 38 metric tons of life-saving medical supplies on 8 November to help support the victims of the twin blasts that shook Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia on 29 October. The International Humanitarian City of Dubai Government and the...
World Polio Day 2022 and beyond: a healthier future for mothers and children in Somalia
A mother brings her child to get polio vaccination on first day of campaign in Banadir region, Somalia 22 October 2022 Mogadishu, 24 October 2022 – Living by its principle of ‘delivering on a promise’, WHO and the Government of Somalia are commemorating the World Polio Day by launching fifth round of this year’s sub-national vaccination campaign...
