Health Cluster

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 …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Recent flash and river flooding in Somalia has affected an estimated 772 000 people and displaced nearly 230 000 people from their homes. The World Health Organization in Somalia is responding to the health needs of the most vulnerable, including by airlifting emergency medical supplies to different …

NAIROBI (SOHA) – The UN Migration Agency, in close partnership with the Ministries of Health in Somaliland and Puntland, will provide emergency life-saving health services to some 48,000 drought-affected people in the Sool, Sanaag and Mudug regions over the next five months, with funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – Flash and river floods, caused by heavy rainfall, in Somalia have affected more than 695 000 people, and displaced nearly 215 000 of these, in the last few days. Most flooding occurred in the regions of Bakool, Banadir, Bay, Hiraan, Lower Juba, Middle Juba and Middle Shabelle. One …

BELEDWEYNE (SOHA) – Some 5,000 Somali families have availed of the aid provided by a joint Qatari-Turkish campaign to help flood victims in Beledweyne. This is the first humanitarian initiative to respond to relief calls by flood victims in this city located in the centre of the country. Qatar Charity …

MOGADISHU (SOHA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that one of its workers has been shot dead in the Somali capital. An official with WHO told VOA that Mariam Abdullahi, a logistics officer for polio vaccinations, was killed in Mogadishu Tuesday afternoon. Abdullahi was based out of Baidoa …