Health Cluster

MOGADISHU — The unprecedented fight against gender-based violence and harmful practices; including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriage should be prioritized as part of the wider efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 among the Somali population. According to the recently published Somali Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS), annually, one …

MOGADISHU — The Federal Government of Somalia has set up the national examination of 2020 in the whole country after three months of lockdown. The ministry of education of the federal government has suspended education on March following coronavirus pandemic risk. The minister of education, Abdullahi Godah Bare has announced …

BELETWEYNE — The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday delivered an assortment of medical supplies to Beletweyne Hospital, to benefit local communities and boost medical services at the facility. The supplies, which included cartons of chloroquine phosphate, amoxicillin, and vitamins for malnourished children were handed over to Hiran …

MOGADISHU — An outbreak of cholera and acute watery diarrhea in Somalia had killed 26 people in the past six months, a UN health agency said on Tuesday. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest joint report with the ministry of health on the outbreak in Somalia that …

JOWHAR — Burundian soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Saturday donated medical supplies to HirShabelle state, to help improve access to medical care by local communities and mitigate hardships brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Officers from the Burundi National Defense Forces (BNDF) handed over …

MOGADISHU — Today, an EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flight arrived in Mogadishu from Brindisi, Italy, carrying humanitarian and medical supplies provided by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italian civil society organizations and international NGOs. Two other flights to Somalia will take off from Brindisi in the …

GALKAYO — Somalia’s Puntland state president Said Abdullahi Deni on Saturday paid a visit to Omar Samatar school in Galkayo where more than 16000 students are sitting for their final secondary school exams despite COVID-19. The state leader said that safety measures have been put in place to prevent the …

MOGADISHU — On a visit to the major tertiary hospital in Mogadishu, which plays a critical role in the management of COVID-19 patients’ care, on 21 June, the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative to Somalia Mr. James Swan called for continuing international support to the Government’s response to COVID-19 …

ADDIS ABABA — The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) have approved grants totaling $9.52 million to strengthen responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in East Africa and the Horn, and in Comoros. The grant, approved on 26 June, is part of the $10 billion COVID-19 Rapid Response …

MOGADISHU — Somalia has seen its lowest daily number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic broke out several months ago. The Ministry of Health and Social Care announced that 16 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, in addition to 19 recoveries. No death was recorded. Banadir region …