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Japan and WHO reach over 3 million people affected by drought and floods in Somalia
A mother and her child at a Public Health Centre of one of the drought-affected districts in Kismayo, Somalia. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/I. Taxta1 May 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – A 12-month project led by the WHO Country Office in Somalia over the course of 2023 reached 3 137 217 people affected by drought or flood. The project was made possible...
Somalia marks World Immunization Week with a call to accelerate efforts to reach every child with essential, life-saving immunizations
29 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – While marking World Immunization Week this year, Somalia’s Federal Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have jointly urged partners and donors to accelerate immunization efforts to reach every child in Somalia. This year’s World Immunization Week...
Somalia’s tangible progress on malaria, even in the face of new strains
A team engages in insecticide residual spraying as a core interruption measure in response to the malaria outbreak in Burtinle, in Puntland, Somalia. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/A. Mukhtar25 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia managed to reduce the prevalence rate of malaria from 20.1% in 2015 to 4.1% in 2023 in the most affected areas by...
King Salman Relief helps equip 28 health facilities with medical oxygen to address killer diseases among children
The Ministry of Health of Somalia receives medical equipment and supplies for 28 health facilities in Mogadishu. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/I. Taxta18 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Biomedical equipment and essential medicines are to reach 28 health facilities across Somalia thanks to the “Every Breath Counts” project, funded by the King Salman...
Somalia’s health minister and partners plan to intensify efforts to end 7-year variant poliovirus outbreak
Partners commit to take bold steps to boost routine immunization and child health in Somalia A health worker vaccinates a child from a nomadic family, Puntland. WHO/WHO Somalia16 April 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia’s Minister of Health and Human Services His Excellency Dr Ali Haji Adam and high-level representatives of the Global Polio...
World TB Day 2024: Somalia reaffirms commitment to make TB history
24 March 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia–WHO Somalia, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Human Services, marks World Tuberculosis Day 2024 with a renewed commitment to end the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. Under the theme “Yes! We can end TB!”, WHO aims to inspire hope and promote high-level leadership, increased investments, faster uptake...
ECHO funds help provide lifesaving health supplies and services to over 5 million population across drought-affected states in Somalia
ECHO-funded project helped equip 11 nutrition stablisation centres across target districts with severe acute malnutrition kits to record a cumulative average cure rate of 94.25% amongst under five children. Photo Credit: WHOSom/I. Taxta18 March, 2024 - Mogadishu, Somalia - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health...
International Women’s Day 2024: advancing gender equality in Somalia’s health workforce
8 March 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – Somalia’s health ministry and WHO observed International Women’s Day 2024 with a resolve to improve life for women in Somalia by empowering the female health workforce. To do so, they will address policy, human resource and operational matters, as well as capacity-building gaps for women in the health sector. “Invest in...
CERF support safeguards lives of 95.9% of children at WHO-Supported stabilization centres in Somalia
WHO–CERF support helped Somalia’s Federal Ministry of Health to set up outreach camps for flood-affected communities across Jubaland and Hirshabelle states. Photo credit: WHO Somalia/A. Mustaf08 February 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – The WHO Country Office in Somalia, with timely support from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), has helped to...
Every Breath Counts: increasing access to medical oxygen in Somalia
Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aoid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) His Excellency Abdullah Al Rabeeh address to inaugural ceremony of project in Mogadishu on 28 January 2024. Photo Credit: courtesy KSrelief 29 January 2024, Mogadishu, Somalia – A project to reduce the alarmingly high number of child deaths related to pneumonia and...
