Health Cluster

MOGADISHU – The World Heath Organization (WHO) has on Thursday said that more than 934,000 people in Somalia have received the first dose of the oral cholera vaccine. WHO officials outlined that the youngest recipients of the vaccine were children aged 1 year adding that expectant women also showed up …

KISMAYO — More than 30 children have died of malnutrition in the past 48 hours at Kismayo Hospital in the Lower Juba region. According to the administration of the children’s hospital, they were brought from the drought-stricken areas districts of Lower Juba region. Feisal Adan Ibrahim, head of the malnutrition …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’a new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Friday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was in self-isolation. Abdikarim Ali Kaar, Mohamud’s spokesperson, said the president had returned to Somalia on Friday from a trip to the United Arab Emirates. The official Somali president’s Twitter account shows …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the United Nations agencies on Tuesday started 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 Ministry of Health and partners including the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said the first round …

MOGADISHU — Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as her malnourished toddler Ifrah awaits treatment in a Mogadishu hospital. Barely out of her teens, Qasim is among dozens of weary parents crowding Banadir …

MOGADISHU — Somalia and the United Nations agencies have kicked off the second round of the polio vaccination campaign, targeting to reach 3.5 million children below five years of age. The World Health Organization and UNICEF teamed up with the Somalian Ministry of Health and other partners to launch the …

MOGADISHU — Special Representative for Somalia’s Drought Relief, MP Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame today visited situation of IDPs facing imminent malnutrition and starvation in a Mogadishu Hospital. As a result of the severe drought in the country, these Children are mostly from regions where there is widespread drought. Director of Benadir …

MOGADISHU — Two years ago, Gololey village in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region was shaken to its core by the chilling massacre of eight health workers. On the afternoon of May 27, 2020, five masked gunmen – four reportedly in government uniforms – abducted seven male health workers from a healthcare …

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 …