Health Cluster

GAROWE — Authorities in Somalia’s Puntland region have warned of an upsurge of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Federal Government records over 30 deaths in the last week alone. Garowe Mayor Ahmed Sa’id Muse said Saturday ten people had succumbed to the disease in one week with several infections recorded …

MOGADISHU — Abdullahi Abyan Nur, Somalia’s chairman Electoral Disputes Resolution Committee(EDRC), died from Covid-19 at De-Martini Hospital in Mogadishu on Friday night. His death was confirmed by Chairman at the Federal Electoral Implementation Team (FEIT) Mohamed Irro. He was admitted to De-Martini Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on last …

MOGADISHU — Somalia received 302,400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, donated by the US through the COVAX facility, a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. Thanking the US for the donation in a statement late Thursday, Somalia’s Health Ministry said this was the first batch …

NEW YORK — China on Thursday said that it is ready to make positive contribution to lasting peace in Somalia. “We stand ready to work with the international community to make positive contribution to lasting peace and sustainable development in Somalia,” Dai Bing, charge d’affaires of China’s permanent mission to …

NAIROBI/GENEVA — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that Somalia is on the cusp of a humanitarian catastrophe. One in 4 people face high levels of acute food insecurity and more than 800,000 children under the age of five are at risk of …

MOGADISHU — The Ministry of Health and Human Service of the Federal Government of Somalia has delivered emergency medical supplies and drugs to Jowhar, the capital of HirShabelle state. The Ministry handed over the equipment to the Minister of the State for Health and the Director-General of the Ministry of …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s First Lady Saynab Abdi Moallim lauded the Qatari support for the Somali people, which are extended to implement developmental projects and alleviate the suffering of the vulnerable in times of adversities. This came in a speech Moallim delivered during the inaugural ceremony of the health centre built …

MOGADISHU — Somalia on Sunday received 108,000 additional doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to help intensify the fight against the pandemic in the country. The vaccines were donated by the French government through the COVAX Facility in continued efforts to protect Somalia’s population from COVID-19. Fawziya Abikar Nur, Somali …

MOGADISHU — Students pursuing a degree in Nursing from Mogadishu University(MU) do not have to repeat the course in the U.S since their qualifications match those of their peers in U.S universities, an international evaluation organization in the U.S has established. In its assessment of a nursing graduate from Mogadishu …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has recorded 53 new cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours raising the total number of confirmed cases in the Horn of African Nation to 15,456. Out of the new cases, 29 males and 24 are female according to the health ministry. Two people have succumbed …