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Stepping up humanitarian operations for drought: cholera vaccination campaign rolled out to protect over 900 000 Somalis in drought-affected districts
WHO Somalia/Fouzia Bano14 June 2022, Mogadishu – On 14 June 2022, Somalia rolled out the first round of a five-day campaign to vaccinate 934 511 people against cholera in nine high-risk districts that are currently facing ongoing outbreaks of cholera. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are supporting the...
WHO steps up humanitarian operations for drought response: introducing emergency and critical care services as part of integrated service delivery at the primary heath care level
WHO Somalia12 June 2022 – At the busy Midnimo District Hospital in Abudwaq, a nurse and her two assistants take shifts to sit at a desk to assess the patients who come in. The nurse has been trained by WHO to deliver basic emergency care and to observe the patients and ask their caregivers or the patients themselves – if they can speak – key...
WHO scales up operations to save lives from cholera and other waterborne diseases
A public health officer discussing supplies at the oral rehydration therapy corner at the Bayhow cholera treatment centre. Credit: WHO Somalia/Dhal Hassan9 June 2022 – At the cholera treatment centre in the Bayhow General Hospital in Baidoa, Dr Abdirahman Isack Mohamed sighs when he explains some of the gruelling effects of the lingering...
Ending polio in Somalia: children vaccinated in national immunization day
7 June 2022 – On 6 June 2022, the WHO Representative in Somalia Dr Mamunur Rahman Malik was joined by the UNICEF Country Representative Ms Angela Kearney, the Governor and Mayor of Mogadishu HE Omar Mohamed Mohamud Flish and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for...
Stepping up humanitarian operations for drought: WHO’s support to the stabilization centres is saving lives
WHO has been supporting the Government with life-saving supplies for children with severe acute malnutrition and medical complications (Baidoa, 2022). Credit: WHO/Somalia 30 May 2022 – Fatima Ahmed Ali and her one-year-old son Abdullahi are just two of many Somalis whose lives have changed due to the ongoing drought in Somalia. This drought is...
Ending the neglect: eliminating worm infections as a public health problem in Somalia
School-aged children receive essential medicines to tackle schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections. WHOSomalia/Khurram Sajjad.29 May 2022 – Neglected tropical diseases affect people who lack regular access to adequate sanitation, basic health infrastructure and health services. These diseases can lead to significant morbidity,...
WHO Regional Director officially launches emergency health response plan for drought in Somalia
WHO Somalia/Fouzia BanoMogadishu, 11 May 2022 – During his 3-day visit to Somalia, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari visited North Galkacyo in Puntland state of Somalia to oversee WHO’s ongoing drought response activities, see the work of community health workers in...
WHO and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation seek to improve resilience of Somalia’s health system by enhancing essential health services for hospitals in under-served states
WHO Somalia/Khurram Sajjad. Mogadishu, 9 May 2022 – In their continued and collective efforts to improve health system resilience, the Ministry of Health and Human Services of the Federal Government of Somalia, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Embassy of Italy have joined forces and officially launched a €3 million multi-year project...
WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean pays a visit to Somalia
Director of Business and Operations Services of the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Sussan Bassiri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, Federal Minister of Health and Human Services HE Dr Fawziya Abikar Nur, and WHO Representative in Somalia Dr Mamunur Rahman Malik. WHO Somalia/Fouzia...
‘No fly zone’ for mosquitoes: controlling malaria in Somalia
In Somalia, long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets are one measure used to keep mosquitoes away. Credit: WHO/Somalia 24 April 2022 – On 25 April 2022, World Malaria Day will be commemorated under the theme “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save lives.” Recognizing that the world needs a suite of approaches and tools to...
