{"id":12264,"date":"2023-06-18T21:08:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=12264"},"modified":"2023-06-21T12:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T12:37:10","slug":"un-agency-launches-project-to-improve-maternal-health-in-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2023\/06\/18\/un-agency-launches-project-to-improve-maternal-health-in-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"UN agency launches project to improve maternal health in Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MOGADISHU &#8212;<\/strong> The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Sunday it has collaborated with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KS Relief) to launch a project to enhance maternal and reproductive health for vulnerable and displacement-affected populations in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNFPA Representative to Somalia Niyi Ojuolape said the initiative aims to address the critical healthcare needs of vulnerable communities, particularly women and girls impacted by displacement and humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;By improving access to quality maternal and reproductive health services, we save lives and ensure the well-being of Somali women and girls,&#8221; Ojuolape said in a joint statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Head of KS-Relief Somalia Yaziid Hamoud said the project will improve access to positive health services, maternal health, and the overall quality of vulnerable communities in six regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The capacity of national institutions is stronger, and they are able to respond to the health needs of the population, especially the health of women,&#8221; Hamoud said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project will enhance access to comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care, strengthen capacity in reproductive health services, and improve supply chain management in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Somali Minister of Health Ali Haji Adan said the ministry and UNFPA have worked tirelessly to provide essential healthcare services for the people of Somalia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We deeply appreciate the collaboration between UNFPA and KSRelief, and are grateful for their unwavering support,&#8221; Haji said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: Xinhua\u00a0 \u00a0Origin: <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/africa\/20230619\/de3d8bf00b5949c6a2cbdea84e25820f\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored ugc noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOGADISHU &#8212; The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Sunday it has collaborated with King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KS Relief) to launch a project to enhance maternal and reproductive health for vulnerable and displacement-affected populations in Somalia. UNFPA Representative to Somalia Niyi Ojuolape said the initiative aims to address the critical healthcare &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12264"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12291,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12264\/revisions\/12291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}