Health Cluster

Somalia has one of the lowest prices for internet data bundles. It also has the fastest internet connection in the Eastern African region at a relatively low cost. In Somalia, most internet users rely on the internet for entertainment and access to the daily news.  The COVID-19 pandemic has made …

To celebrate International Nurses’ Day, marked around the world on Florence Nightingale’s birthday on 12 May, and International Midwives’ Day, which falls on 7 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Somalia is acknowledging the remarkable contribution of nurses and midwives in the country. WHO spoke to 2 experts to …

MOGADISHU — Somalia confirmed 247 new positive Covid-19 cases in the past 48 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 14,368. 143 more people were reported to have recovered from the disease, hence the total number of recoveries is now at 6,152. Unfortunately, 24 people …

MOGADISHU — Somalia, United Nations agencies and other partners Friday renewed their commitments to improving vaccination coverage against COVID-19 and other vaccine-preventable diseases in the country. Somalia’s health ministry, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and other agencies said they have been providing vaccines while observing COVID-19 protocol since last year …

MOGADISHU — As the world marks World Malaria Day (April 25), several African countries continue to battle the impact of a preventable disease claiming thousands of lives. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, malaria has claimed an estimated 380,000 lives in 2018 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). But there are …

DHOBLEY — In the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan, Kenyan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday visited Dhobley General Hospital to cheer the sick and also donate much-needed medicines and an assortment of food items. In Dhobley and surrounding areas, the Kenyan …

MOGADISHU — Somalia registered 245 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths over the past 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry said on Monday. The new figures bring the total number of cases in Somalia to 13,324 and fatalities to 678. Somalia, a country of some 15 million, has been battling …

MOGADISHU — Somalia’s health ministry on Wednesday rolled out doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against COVID-19 pandemic in the Horn of the African nation. The country’s deputy minister of health Ahmed Hussein received his first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine during the launch of …

MOGADISHU — Somalia on Sunday received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against COVID-19 pandemic in the Horn of African State. Fawziya Abikar Nur, Minister of Health and Human Services, lauded China’s support at a critical moment when the country was fighting the COVID-19 …

MOGADISHU — Somali state media said that the federal government expects a shipment of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to arrive in the capital on Sunday. Somalia announced that it had inked a deal with Chinese vaccine maker Sinopharm to obtain 200,000 doses of the BBIBP-CorV COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday as critics …