Health Cluster

GARBAHAREY — The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) Ethiopia’s National Defence Force Contingent (ENDF) stationed at Bardheere Forward Operating Bases (FOB) in Gedo region, Jubbaland State on Tuesday began providing free medical treatment twice a week to the local community. The battalion is using supplies from Baidoa ATMIS …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations humanitarian agency said on Sunday that it has stepped up its response to tackle the cholera outbreak in Somalia as the death toll has increased to 120 since January. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said a total of 10,647 new …

MOGADISHU — A total of 10,647 new cases of cholera and 102 deaths have been reported in Somalia due to flooding caused by heavy rains since January, the government said on Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Human Services classified 6,330, or 64 percent, of the total cases as severe, …

NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi recently joined his fellow Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture at the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit in Nairobi. The summit, which took place on May 09, 2024, saw high-level officials from across the continent come together to discuss the critical …

MOGADISHU — The British Embassy Mogadishu today launched the development phase of the Better Lives for Somali Women and Children programme with UNICEF, Mercy USA, Trocaire, Save the Children and Action Against Hunger and the Federal Government of Somalia. This innovative programme will improve lives for Somalia’s most vulnerable and …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and UN agencies jointly called on partners and donors on Monday to accelerate immunization efforts to reach every child in Somalia. Somali Minister of Health Ali Haji Adam Abubakar said prolonged conflict and instability in the last few decades have resulted in a weakened, fragmented, and severely …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has made tangible progress to tackle malaria by reducing the prevalence rate to 4.1 percent in 2023 from 20.1 percent in 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The UN health agency said the gain was made in the most affected areas by adopting an integrated …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Minister of Health and Human Services His Excellency Dr Ali Haji Adam and high-level representatives of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative met virtually yesterday to review progress and further scale up efforts to end the country’s 7-year variant poliovirus outbreak. H.E. Dr Adam presented the Somalia Emergency …

MOGADISHU — At least 75 people have died from cholera in Somalia since January amid a significant rise in new cases, the country’s ministry of health has said. A total of 7,235 new cases have so far been reported, the Ministry of Health and Human Services said, adding that among …

In Somalia, an estimated 4 million people—or one-fifth of the population—face acute food insecurity; 3.8 million people are displaced from their homes; and 1.7 million children under five are acutely malnourished. The protracted humanitarian crisis behind these shocking figures is a result of ongoing conflict, climate-related disasters such as floods and …