{"id":16743,"date":"2025-05-12T09:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=16743"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:09:29","slug":"somalia-trains-45-journalists-to-promote-childhood-vaccination-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2025\/05\/12\/somalia-trains-45-journalists-to-promote-childhood-vaccination-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia trains 45 journalists to promote childhood vaccination awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MOGADISHU &#8212;<\/strong> The Ministry of Health of Somalia, in partnership with United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), has concluded a nationwide training program for 45 journalists aimed at enhancing public awareness about childhood vaccines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The training focused on equipping media professionals with accurate, science-based knowledge about vaccines, including those that protect against pneumonia and rotavirus diarrhea\u2014two of the leading causes of illness and death among Somali children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By engaging journalists from various regions of the country, the initiative aims to ensure that life-saving health information reaches diverse communities, especially in hard-to-reach and vulnerable areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis training is part of our broader strategy to improve child health outcomes by empowering the media to inform and educate the public,\u201d said a spokesperson from the health ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cJournalists play a vital role in countering misinformation and promoting trust in vaccines,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNICEF emphasized that informed media can serve as a powerful tool in boosting vaccine confidence and demand, which is crucial for protecting children and achieving national immunization goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The initiative highlights the critical collaboration between government institutions and international partners in building a healthier future for Somalia\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Source: FTL\u00a0 \u00a0Origin: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlsomalia.com\/somalia-trains-45-journalists-to-promote-childhood-vaccination-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored ugc noreferrer\">view original<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOGADISHU &#8212; The Ministry of Health of Somalia, in partnership with United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), has concluded a nationwide training program for 45 journalists aimed at enhancing public awareness about childhood vaccines. The training focused on equipping media professionals with accurate, science-based knowledge about vaccines, including those that protect against pneumonia and rotavirus diarrhea\u2014two &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16743","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\/16743","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=16743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16746,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743\/revisions\/16746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}