Health Cluster

HARGEISA — Somaliland opposition party leader Abdirahman Irro has tested positive for the COVID-19 disease adding to an increasing number of senior political leaders who have contracted the disease in Somalia. The Waddani party leader confirmed on his Facebook page that he had been infected. The politician is currently in …

GAROWE — In the midst of the global COVID-19 crisis, the Government of Germany has underscored its continued commitment in investing in the strengthening of health services in Somalia by contributing an additional €7.2 million to UNICEF for use in Puntland. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has released US$9.26 million to scale up priority life-saving assistance to nearly 300,000 people affected by floods in Somalia. These critical funds, part of the SHF 2020 Reserve Allocation, will support national and international non-governmental partners operating in Banadir, Hiraan, Lower Juba, Middle …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has recorded 119 more Covid-19 positive cases in the past five days raising the country’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 3,864. 83 of the new cases are males while 37 are females according to the statement released by the ministry of health. In terms of …

MOGADISHU — UN-Habitat is under fire for delayed pay for youth hired to buttress the fight against COVID-19 in the capital Mogadishu through the Durable Solutions Unit.  The matter emerged this week after some 400 health workers hired in Benadir region to help combat COVID-19 pandemic lamented of delayed pay, …

HARGEISA  — The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Abdullahi Ismail (Saylici) has launched the Somaliland Health and Social Survey Program. The launch of the health survey program was also attended by Ministers of Health, Planning, and Social Affairs. The Minister of Health Development, Omar C. Abdullahi, speaking …

MOGADISHU/HAVANA — Somalia and Cuban governments have denied recent reports that al-Shabab militants have released two Cuban doctors they held captive in Somalia. The Associated Press reports that a Somali intelligence official told them the doctors had been released over the weekend, following lengthy negotiations. Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed …

MOGADISHU — There is an overall reduction in the number of new cholera cases in Somalia this year as compared to the numbers at the beginning of the outbreak in December 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The WHO said the cumulative number of suspected cholera cases …

Havana —  Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla announced on Monday on Twitter he had a telephone conversation with his Somali counterpart Ahmed Isse Awad about the two Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya in 2019 while they were fulfilling their internationalist collaboration. According to Rodriguez Parrilla, he thanked his Somali …

MOGADISHU — The Somali Media Association (SOMA) has finalized 14 days long effort relating to media coverage on the coronavirus pandemic in Somalia that has been in progress from September 12-26, 2020. The Somali Media Association (SOMA) media members have broadcasted UNDP supported awareness programs on COVID-19 passed through the …