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Essential Package of Health Services launched in Somalia to improve maternal and child health
Mogadishu, 6 May 2014 – The Somali Federal Government with the support of three United Nations agencies today launched a major new scheme to provide a comprehensive range of free health services to all Somalis.
The Essential Package of Health Services, Somalia’s newly adopted framework for primary health care services, will aim to improve health across the board. The core programmes are - to improve maternal, reproductive, and neonatal and child health; combat communicable disease; improve surveillance and control, including water and sanitation promotion; provide first-aid and care of critically ill and injured; treatment of common illnesses and HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis.
“The EPHS holds a great promise for child survival and development, and reduced maternal mortality. It will also standardize, harmonize and integrate the basic health care services in the country,” said the Federal Government’s Acting/Deputy Health Minister Dr Ahmed Aden Ahmed. “I want to commend the continued support and collaboration of our UN partners and donor agencies for helping us to strengthen service delivery for the Somali people.”
Two decades of conflict have decimated Somalia’s health sector, leaving the country with some of the worst health and nutrition indicators in the world. An estimated one in five children dies before their fifth birthday. The main causes of death are pneumonia, diarrhoea and measles - as well as infections and other problems in the first month of life. In addition, every two hours a Somali woman loses her life due to pregnancy related complications.
“The UN is committed to support rebuilding Somalia’s shattered health care system. Strengthening our joint efforts to scale-up action on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child survival is an integral step in this effort,” said Phillipe Lazzarini, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.
The Somali health authorities working with the support of UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA will roll out the EPHS in nine regions across the country. It will ensure a wider range of services, that health facilities are better equipped and open for longer hours and there are an increased number of health care workers.
“The launch of EPHS is another important step in combating maternal and child deaths and illnesses through a collective, complete response,” said Sikander Khan, UNICEF Somalia Representative. “It is the responsibility of us all - donors, UN agencies, the authorities and communities to make this work.”
The EPHS which is currently supported by the Joint Health and Nutrition programme is also in line with the New Deal initiative, the Somali Compact and the Somali Six Pillar policy for peace building and state-building. In addition, it contributes to the implementation of the Health and Nutrition Policies and the Somali Health Sector Strategic Plan.
“Strengthening the health system is the best approach to improve health outcomes; and the provision of EPHS is a corner stone to saving the lives of mothers and children,” said Dr Ghulam Popal, WHO Somalia Representative
EPHS is being implemented through a range of partners, chosen by the Government, to help take the package to hard to reach areas.
“EPHS will enable rural and the poor populations benefit from a holistic health package that will provide a base for further strengthened reproductive and emergency obstetric care services,” said Cheikh Cisse, UNFPA Somalia Representative.
The EPHS initiative, which will continue until the end of 2016, will also focus on the development of institutional capacities, through training of health workers, support for policy development and health sector reform.
Read the press release in Somali
For more information, please contact:
UNICEF: Susannah Price
+254 722 719867
WHO: Raffaella Vicentini
+254 716 215170
Xirmada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka oo laga bilaabey Soomaaliya si loo wanaajiyo caafimaadka hooyada iyo dhallaanka
Muqdisho, 6da Maajo 2014ka – Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya oo gacan ka heleysa saddex hay’adood oo Qaramada Midoobey ah ayaa maanta bilowdey mashruuc ballaaran oo cusub oo dhammaan Soomaalida lagu siinayo adeegyo caafimaad oo dhammeystiran lacag la’aanna ah.
Xirmada Aasaasiga ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka, oo ah habka cusub ee ay Soomaaliya hadda u qaadatey bixinta adeegyada daryeelka caafimaadka aasaasiga ah, waxaa uu higsan doonaa in uu sii wanaajiyo caafimaadka guud ahaan dadweynaha. Barnaamijyada ugu muhiimsan waa – in la sii wanaajiyo caafimaadka hooyada, kan taranka, iyo carruurta dhowaan dhashey iyo kan carruurta kale; la dagaallanka cudurrada faafa; sii wanaajinta la-socoshada iyo xakameynta cudurrada, taas oo ay ka mid tahay sii-wanaajinta biyaha iyo fayadhowrka; bixinta gargaarka degdegga ah iyo daryeelka kuwa aad u xannuunsan iyo kuwa dhaawaca ah; daaweynta cudurrada dadka ku badan iyo HIV, caabuqyada galmada la isugu gudbiyo, iyo qaaxada.
“Xirmada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadku waxaa ay wax weyn ka tari doontaa badbaadada iyo koboca carruurta, iyo yareynta dhimashada hooyooyinka. Waxaa ay sidoo kale jaangoyneysaa, is-waafajineysaa oo ay iskudhafeysaa adeegyada aasaasiga ah ee daryeelka caafimaadka ee dalka,” ayaa uu yiri Ku-simaha Wasiirka ahna Wasiir-ku-xigeenka Caafimaadka Dr Axmed Aadan Axmed.” Waxaan jeclahay in aan amaano taageerada iyo iskaashiga joogtada ah ee Wada-hawlgalayaasha Qaramada Midoobey iyo hay’adaha deeq-bixiyeyaasha ee gacanta innaga siinaya xoojinta adeegyada la siiyo dadka Soomaaliyeed.”
Colaad labaatan sano socotey ayaa burburisey waaxdii caafimaadka ee Soomaaliya, taas oo dalka ka dhigtey mid ka mid ah kuwa leh tilmaamayaasha caafimaadka iyo nafaqada ee ugu liita dunida oo dhan. Qiyaastii mid ka mid ah shantii carruur ah ayaa dhinta ka hor inta uusan shan sano jirsan. Sababaha ugu badan ee dhimashada ku keenana waa oof-wareen, shuban iyo jadeeco – iyo sidoo kale caabuqyo iyo dhibaatooyin kale oo la soo gudboonaada bisha ugu horreysa noloshadooda. Intaa waxaa dheer, laba saac oo kasta haweeney Soomaali ah ayaa u dhimata dhibaatooyin la xiriira uureysiga.
“Qaramada Midoobey waxaa ka go’an in ay taageerto dib-u-dhiska nidaamkii caafimaadka ee Soomaaliya ee burburey. Sii xoojinta dadaalka aan wadajir u wadno ee aan kor ugu qaadeyno waxqabadka ku aaddan caafimaadka taranka, hooyada, carruurta dhowaan dhalatey iyo badbaada carruurta kale waa tallaabo muhiim ah oo qayb ka ah dadaalkan,” ayaa uu yiri Phillipe Lazzarini, oo ah Madaxa Qaramada Midoobey iyo Xiriiriyaha Hawlaha Bani’aadamnimada ee Soomaaliya.
Maamullada caafimaadka ee Soomaaliya oo shaqeynaya iyaga oo taageero ka heleya UNICEF, WHO iyo UNFPA ayaa Xirmada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka ka bilaabaya sagaal gobo loo dalka ka mid ah. Tani waxaa ay hubineysaa in la helo adeegyo kala duwan, in xarumaha caafimaadka ay ahaadaan kuwo si ka wanaagsan sida hadda u qalabeysan oo furanna saacadp ka badan kuwa hadda iyo in la kordhiyo tirada shaqaalaha daryeelka caafimaadka.
“Bilaabidda Xirmada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka waa tallaabo kale oo muhiim ah oo lagula dagaallamayo dhimashada iyo xannuunnada hooyooyinka iyo carruurta ku dhaca iyada oo loo marayo waxqabad wadajir ah oo dhammeystiran,” ayaa uu yiri Sikander Khand, oo ah Wakiilka UNICEF Somalia. “Waa mas’uuliyad na saaran dhammaanteenna – deeq-bixiyeyaasha, Hay’adaha Qaramada Midoobey, maamullada iyo bulshooyinka in arrintan aan ka dhigno mid shaqeysa.”
Xirmada Adeegyada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka oo uu hadda taageerayo barnaamijka Wadajirka ah ee Caafimaadka iyo Nafaqada waxaa ay sidoo kale waafaqsan tahay hindisa Higsiga Cusub, Heshiiska Soomaaliya (Somali compact) iyo Siyaasadda Lixda Tiir ee Soomaaliya ee nabad-dhisidda iyo qaran-dhisidda. Intaa ka sokow, waxaa ay gacan ka geysaneysaa hirgelinta Siyaasadaha Caafimaadka iyo Nafaqada iyo Qorshaha Istiraatiijiga ah ee Waaxda Caafimaadka ee Soomaaliya.
“Xoojinta nidaamka caafimaadku waa habka ugu wanaagsan ee lagu wanaajin karo natiijooyinka caafimaadka; waxaana bixinta Xirmada Aasaasiga ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka ay bud-dhig u tahay badbaadinta nolosha hooyooyinka iyo carruurta,” ayaa uu yiri Dr. Ghulam Popal, oo ah Wakiilka WHO Somalia. Xirmada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka waxaa hirgelinteeda loo marayaa la-hawlgalayaal kala duwan, oo ay soo xushey Dowladda, si ay gacan uga geystaan in xirmada la gaarsiiyo degaannada ay gaaristoodu adag tahay.
“Xirmada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka waxaa ay dadka reer-miyiga ah iyo kuwa saboolka ah awood u siineysaa in ay ka faa’iideystaan xirmo caafimaad oo dhammeystiran oo sal u noqonaysa sii xoojinta adeegyada daryeelka taranka iyo kan degdegga ah ee uurreyda iyo umulaha,” ayuu yiri Cheikh Cisse, Wakiilka UNFPA Somalia.
Hindisaha Xirmada Aasaasiga ah ee Adeegyada Caafimaadka, oo socon doona ilaa dhammaadka sanadka 2016ka, waxaa uu sidoo kale diiradda saari doonaa dhisidda kartida hay’adeed, iyada oo loo marayo tababaridda shaqaalaha caafimaadka, taageeridda dejinta siyaasadaha iyo dib-u-habeynta waaxda caafimaadka.
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Macluumaad dheeri ah, kala soo xiriir:
UNICEF: Susannah Price
+254 722 719867
WHO: Raffaella Vicentini
+254 716 215170
