Health Cluster

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – At least 72,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Belet Weyne town and other surrounding villages in central Somalia as Shabelle River levels continue to rise, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it has teamed …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E Xasan Cali Khayre, on Sunday laid the foundation for the construction of a National Blood Bank Facility. Somalia did not have a functioning national blood bank for close to three decades. This critical project is being implemented …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has seen a reduction in the number of cases of cholera and related deaths in Somalia since December 2017. The UN health agency in its latest report released on Thursday attributed the reduction to improved disease surveillance and case management. …

HARGEISA (SoOHA) – Fadumo Mohamed Abdullahi, a mother of four, is eight months pregnant and is getting ante-natal care for the first time at the new clinic built in her remote village of God-daamiro in Somaliland. Two of her children were born in the village with the help of a …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has pledged to work with health authorities in Somalia to strengthen primary health care services and improve the capacity of national health workers. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean who ended his first visit to Somalia, said the UN …

MOGADISHU (SoOHA) – Families from IDP camps in Mogadishu are being treated for free by a group of 10 local medical practitioners, who formed a group to visit people’s homes in IDP camps across the city. Abdulkadir Sheikh Hassan, the chairperson of the volunteers, said they have been treating 200 …

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 …