Health Cluster

On Thursday evening, Bilai Aden sat on her hotel bed, rocking her 10-month-old baby. The baby’s face was covered in a black hood and blanket, but Bilai would occasionally lift the fabric and peer inside. Baby Misky’s face, full of scars and dead skin, would be revealed. What was more …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Financial troubles, staffing shortages and high demand threaten to halt the only free private ambulance service in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “We have been providing this voluntary service for 12 years with the help of friends and other generous individuals in private business, but now the responsibility is …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented a number of health projects in Somalia during the first half of 2018. The implementation has come as part of its development intervention in the field of health, which is based on the integration of the curative and preventive aspects, QC has …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – At least three children have died in the measles outbreak in Raage-ceyle district in the Lower Shabelle region, reports say that more than 30 children are currently affected with the disease. Raage-ceyle district was reported to be among areas where the measles has spread affecting more than …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Qatar Charity’s (QC) office in Somalia, in co-operation with the Benadir Regional Administration opened a dispensary in Wadjer, an impoverished neighbourhood in Mogadishu. Nearly 93,000 needy people are expected to benefit from the health services. Most residents of the area are poor and suffer from the lack …

BORAMA (SOHA) – Khadra Ibrahim Ahmed can see a new future opening up in front of her after a successful operation at Borame hospital in Somaliland this month to repair the obstetric fistula that has marred the last 14 years of her life. “Whenever I visited my relatives in their …

NAIROBI (SOHA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea announced yesterday an additional USD$2 million to fund polio outbreak response and surveillance activities in the Horn of Africa. This commitment makes Korea the first country to support outbreak response efforts in the region, critical to protecting …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian on Tuesday visited China-funded health facility in Mogadishu’s Wadjir district where about 15,000 Somali children are receiving medical care. The Mother to Child Care project run by the UN children’s fund (UNCIEF) benefited from 2 million U.S. dollar donation from the …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Mayor of Mogadishu, who is also Banadir Region Governor, honorable Abdirahman Omar Osman (Eng. Yarisow) together with the Ministry of Health of the Federal Government of Somalia discussed on ways in which they could co-operate on extending health services in the City. Banadir Region Governor has met …

DOHA (SOHA) – A joint campaign to support Somalia will be launched in Qatar on Sunday by four Qatari humanitarian organisations, namely Qatar Red Crescent Society, Qatar Charity, Silatech and Education Above All Foundation. The campaign is under the supervision of Regulatory Authority for Charitable Activities and supported by Qatar …