Health Cluster

JOWHAR (SoOHA) – Residents of Jowar-bile suburb in the southern Somali town of Jowhar have been accessing free medical services for the last eight months thanks to an initiative by young medical graduates in the town. Thirteen doctors have joined hands to set up Hantiwadag mother and child health care …

DUSAMAREB (SoOHA) – Two hospitals in the central Somali region of Galgadud are on the brink of closure due to lack of funds to support operations.  People living in Abudwaq and Balanballe arehaving to seek private treatment, as Ibadohospital in Abudwaq and Balanballe hospital are running out of drugs and cannot provide services.  The International Medical Corps (IMC) ceased its support to both hospitals in June, citing lack of funds.  …

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern,” a rare designation only used for the gravest epidemics. “It is time for the world to take notice,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, …

KISMAYO (SoOHA) – University staff and students in Kismayo have treated hundreds of low income people at a free medical camp in three villages that lack access to health services.   A team from Plasma University in Kismayo conducted free diagnosis and treatment for 540 people in the villages of Bulabartire, Istanbul, Khamkham and Yontoy.  Shukri Abdullahi Abdi and her three children were among those treated …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – UN agencies have kicked off a four-day vaccination drive against polio in Somalia’s Puntland and Somaliland, targeting more than 945,000 children under five years of age. The campaign, which is backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), targets all children in 12 …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Today, Somalia is launching one of Africa’s largest immunization campaigns using oral cholera vaccines (OCV). The campaign, which runs from 22-28 June 2019 in high-risk areas of Somalia, will vaccinate more than 650,000 people aged one year and above to eliminate the risk of the disease among vulnerable …

ADAADO (SoOHA) – Two children have died and 300 others are infected in a diarrhoea outbreak in Eldibir village, Galmudug state health ministry has reported. The ministry dispatched a delegation led by Dr Mohamed Ali Kahiye to assess the situation in Eldibir. Speaking to Radio Ergo by phone, Dr Mohamed …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The Somali government has said there is no danger over the outbreak of Ebola virus in the country. A Statement from the Ministry of Health and Social Services called for calm saying the situation is under control. “The is no Ebola virus threat currently in the country.” …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Somalia will kick off a countrywide polio campaign of two rounds of immunisation to deliver monovalent oral vaccine type 2. The campaign is geared towards sustaining polio immunity and protection in response to the outbreaks of two strains of poliovirus currently circulation. The first round of immunisation …

DHOBLEY (SoOHA) – Kenyan soldiers serving in Somalia yesterday distributed food and medicine to internally displaced persons in Dhobley as part of the Eid ul-Fitr celebrations following the end of Ramadan. The donation, comprising a variety of food items and medicine, was part of Zakat al-Fitr, a charitable offering given to …