Nutrition Cluster

MOGADISHU — The United Nations agencies Thursday launched the minimum response package (MRP), a critical life-saving project that will address urgent needs of more than 100,000 people displaced by the escalating drought in Somalia. Through the MRP, the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) …

MOGADISHU — Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as her malnourished toddler Ifrah awaits treatment in a Mogadishu hospital. Barely out of her teens, Qasim is among dozens of weary parents crowding Banadir …

MOGADISHU —  A UN official said Tuesday that the situation in Somalia is extremely dire as 7.1 million people are going to be affected by drought before the end of the year unless there is a massive humanitarian effort. “Unless we scale-up and step-up our response, unfortunately, many, many people, …

MOGADISHU — Military engineers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have completed a four-day training to counter the evolving threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which have become a weapon of choice for terrorists. The training, which kicked off on Tuesday and ended on Friday in …

MOGADISHU —  Save The Children announced Wednesday that one in two children in southern Somalia is undersized by chronic malnutrition because of an ongoing deadly drought that has devastated many in the country. “Nearly half of children under five in the Baidoa district of southern Somalia are suffering from chronic …

DOHA — Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), recently met Adam Abdelmoula, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. He was accompanied by a delegation that comprised Ian Ridley, Head of Office, the United Nations Office for the Coordination …

MOGADISHU — The Somalia Humanitarian Funding (SHF) has allocated US$26 million to scale up life-saving assistance for about 1.2 million people in the country. These critical funds, part of the SHF 2021 Reserve Allocation, will support national and international non-governmental partners operating in Banadir, Bay, Galgaduud, Gedo, Hiraan, Lower Juba, Middle …

NAIROBI/GENEVA — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned that Somalia is on the cusp of a humanitarian catastrophe. One in 4 people face high levels of acute food insecurity and more than 800,000 children under the age of five are at risk of …

MOGADISHU — The Micronutrient Survey launched by the Federal Ministry of Health and UNICEF today shines a spotlight on the nutrition status of women and children in Somalia. According to the survey, the nutrition status of women and children has improved during the past decade. Nine in ten infants are …

JIGJIGA — Living in a remote part of the Somali region of Ethiopia, far from medical care, ten-year-old Najma and her seven siblings have had to contend with all kinds of illnesses. It’s something that upsets Najma a lot. “I have seen my sister sick and coughing because of the disease. When …