Health Cluster

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 …

MOGADISHU — HIV prevalence rate of infection in Somalia has been dropping over the last 14 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. Citing periodic surveys conducted, the WHO warned despite the general decline in HIV prevalence across Somalia, there are locations such as Garowe and Bosaso in Puntland …

HARGEISA — Taiwan has donated medical supplies to Somaliland to help the East African country combat COVID-19. The Taiwanese representative office in Somaliland, Kaohsiung Medical University, the International College of Surgeons Taiwan Section, LAN cable manufacturer Wonderful Hi-Tech and other non-governmental entities on Wednesday (Nov. 18) jointly donated 100,000 masks …

BAIDOA — In a bid to address the basic needs of the local population, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Monday handed over a newly constructed school and a health facility, together with an assortment of medical equipment to the South West State Administration. The school and the …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received an additional 336,500 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday through the COVAX facility. This was the second batch of J&J vaccine doses donated by the United States to Somalia to expand COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the country. The first batch of …

MOGADISHU — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) with sponsorship from the Government of Italy, has commenced constructing a 68-bed health facility for soldiers and officers of the Somali National Army (SNA). The construction of the SNA hospital is being implemented under the Early Recovery and Stabilisation programme. Under …

By Abdihamid Warsame While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well documented in high-income countries, much less is known about its impact on low-income and conflict-affected countries where there are significant challenges in information generation and dissemination. Somalia is one of these countries. It has been battered by …

MOGADISHU — China on Saturday donated a batch of humanitarian assistance to Somalia amid flourishing bilateral ties. Fei Shengchao, Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, said the humanitarian supplies from China included 10,000 tents, 50,000 mosquito nets, 20,000 aid kits and baby weight scales, stethoscopes and thermometers. “The pandemic has taken its …

DOHA — In cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Somalia, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a medical surgery for general and ENT surgery in Somalia. At a cost of $150,023 (QR 547,584), this project is part of the year-round medical convoys program implemented by QRCS in poor …