Health Cluster

MOGADISHU — Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) built a health center (infirmary) in the General Daud Abdulle Hirsi Barracks in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, and provided medicines and medical equipment. The opening ceremony of the Health Center was attended by TİKA’s officials and the commanders in Somalia-Turkish Task …

MOGADISHU — The health department of the Benadir Regional Administration (BRA) has conducted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine training for professionals drawn from different fields. BRA’s training, which spanned two days, is specifically meant for vaccinators and data managers. The authority told journalists that it invited vaccinators and data managers from across …

MOGADISHU — In May 2021, a prolonged downpour of rains in Somalia caused the Shabelle River to overflow, flooding the nearby region of Jowhar and resulting in entire communities being submerged. More than 13,700 people were affected by the flood, resulting in thousands losing their homes and livelihoods from the …

As the world commemorates International Day of Zero tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on 6th February 2022, Somali young girl champions have been at the forefront within their communities in calling for its abolishment. According to the latest Somali Health and Demographic Survey, 99 percent of women between the ages …

MOGADISHU —  Two Turkish humanitarian organizations joined hands to provide free medical treatment and perform surgeries in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) and Doctors Worldwide Turkiye (Yeryüzü doktorları) examined 353 people and conducted 74 surgeries in Mogadishu in December, the Turkish state-run charity said …

MOGADISHU —  Save The Children announced Wednesday that one in two children in southern Somalia is undersized by chronic malnutrition because of an ongoing deadly drought that has devastated many in the country. “Nearly half of children under five in the Baidoa district of southern Somalia are suffering from chronic …

MOGADISHU — A total of 729 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Somalia from a sample size of 9,158 tested in the last one week according to the data from the ministry of health. Somalia has reported 729 new COVID-19 cases in the past one week bringing the …

MOGADISHU —  A Turkish Medical Center run by Yeryuzu Doktorlari, or Doctors Worldwide Turkey, provides free health care services to 47,532 families in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. “The beneficiaries who received our free health care service at the Mogadishu Health Centre from the beginning of 2019 to the end …

MOGADISHU — With the emergence and spread of COVID-19 across the world, social, political and economic activities came to a standstill in many countries, including Somalia. The implementation of movement restrictions, meant that people had to stay at home round the clock. The restrictions have notably increased incidences of gender-based …

TAIPEI — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Tuesday (Dec. 28) announced it will donate 150,000 doses of Taiwan’s domestically-developed Medigen vaccine (MVC-COV1901) to Somaliland. As the COVID pandemic continues and the Omicron variant spreads in Africa, MOFA issued a press release announcing the donation. Chargé d’affaires of Taiwan’s …