Health Cluster

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 …

MOGADISHU —  Qatar Charity (QC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Health Department of Somalia’s Banadir region to co-operate in delivering health care services in the region. The MoU comes in support of the health sector’s efforts in providing health services to the people in Banadir Region. Abdinur …

MOGADISHU — The ministry of health said a total of 17,726 cases have been confirmed since mid-March when the country recorded its first case. Of the new cases, 47 were female while 49 were male. Some 59 people recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of successful recoveries to 8,663. …

MOGADISHU — In June 2021, Osman Mohamed, 18, from Mogadishu, felt unwell for over a week. He was quickly getting tired and was coughing a lot. He decided to go to the hospital and was diagnosed with COVID-19. “I felt so stressed out when the doctor said I had tested …

DOHA — Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), recently met Adam Abdelmoula, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. He was accompanied by a delegation that comprised Ian Ridley, Head of Office, the United Nations Office for the Coordination …

MOGADISHU — Dozens of Somali shop owners, shop assistants and other business persons operating at the ‘Marine Market’ inside the Halane Base Camp in Mogadishu have started receiving COVID-19 vaccines, courtesy of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The traders received the …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Health of the Federal Republic of Germany has made in-kind donations of surgical and medical masks to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the past months. As part of this donation, the WHO country office in Somalia, received today 1 386 000 surgical and medical …