Health Cluster

BAIDOA — The President of the Southwest state Abdiaziz Laftagareen, received a delegation from UNFPA at the Presidential palace in Baidoa City on Monday. Laftagareen and UNFPA head in Somalia Niyi Ojoulape discussed the enhancement of healthcare, vocational training, youth employment, and strengthening cooperation. The Ministers of Planning, Youth, Health, Ports, …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Ministry of Health has announced to regulate various medical sectors, including medicines, medical devices, biologics, herbal medicines, and medicated cosmetics, which is aimed at bolstering the nation’s healthcare system, The Ministry stated the announcement in a statement released on Saturday, highlighting its plan to implement registration, permit …

Cholera outbreaks are occurring with increasing frequency, and lasting for longer, across Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia. Tetiana Gaviuk, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) communications manager questions, why the death toll from this preventable disease is rising. Cholera is an acute bacterial infection caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with the …

HARGEISA — The Government of the Republic of Somaliland has reacted strongly to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO), which criticized the recent attacks on healthcare facilities in Las Anod. “The Government of the Republic of Somaliland is deeply disturbed by the recent statement from the World Health …

MOGADISHU — The World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned the latest attack on a health facility in a disputed city in Somalia’s Somaliland region, where dozens of people were killed and injured, including healthcare workers and patients. The WHO said that Tuesday’s fighting in Las Anod also resulted in the …

JOWHAR — Doctors from the Burundi contingent serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have provided free medical care to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Towfik in Jowhar town. Speaking during the medical exercise, held last week, Maj. (Dr.) Severin Irambona, the Sector 5 Medical Officer, said …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Sunday it has collaborated with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KS Relief) to launch a project to enhance maternal and reproductive health for vulnerable and displacement-affected populations in Somalia. UNFPA Representative to Somalia Niyi Ojuolape said the initiative aims …

MOGADISHU — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that one of its employees was among those killed in an attack last week on a popular beachside hotel in Somalia’s capital by members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group. The siege on June 9 left six people dead …

MOGADISHU — “UNICEF is deeply shocked and horrified by reports that at least 22 children were among 27 people killed in an explosion in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia following the detonation of an unexploded remnant of war in an area where the children were playing. “We extend our …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia government says an attack launched Friday by al-Shabab militants on a Mogadishu hotel has ended. State media report that security forces successfully neutralized the militants who stormed the Pearl Beach hotel on Friday evening and rescued a large number of civilians. Somalia police said nine people …