Threats to oral polio vaccine acceptance in Somalia: Polling in an outbreak
Background Using a survey conducted during the 2013–2014 polio outbreak in Somalia, this study examines attitudinal and knowledge-based...
Free fistula surgery in Borama hospital gives suffering Somali women their lives back
Khadra Ibrahim Ahmed can see a new future opening up in front of her after a successful operation at Borame hospital in Somaliland this m...
WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases
Geneva – The World Health Organization (WHO) on 18 June released its new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The ICD i...
Disease burden haunts Somalia as multiple outbreaks spread
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an increase in cholera, acute watery diarrhoeas, measles, undiagnosed influenza-like il...
Chinese envoy tours health facility for Somali Malnourished children in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian on Tuesday visited China-funded health facility in Mogadi...
WHO certifies Paraguay malaria-free
The World Health Organization (WHO) today certified Paraguay as having eliminated malaria, the first country in the Americas to be ...
UN: 1.25 million Somali children face acute malnourishment after floods
The UN Children's Agency (UNICEF) said on Friday more than 1.25 million children are expected to be acutely malnourished this yea...
Charities from Qatar to raise more than 16m USD to help Somalians
A joint campaign to support Somalia will be launched in Qatar on Sunday by four Qatari humanitarian organisations, namely Qatar Red Cres...
Meet Dr Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati, who turns 101 this month, and still goes to the National Heart Institute in Delhi every day, which she founded in 1977.
S tent, heart bypass surgery, heart attack…all of us have heard these painful terms amongst our loved ones at one time or another. But th...
Kenya Must Wake Up to the Threat of an Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever
Heavy rainfall in Kenya has left a trail of destruction in parts of the country, leading to deaths and rendering roads impassable. Some...
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UNICEF is seeking USD7 million to combat severe malnutrition in Somalia
MOGADISHU: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has requested USD7 million by the end of March to help 1.4 million Somali child...
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MANKATO — A new partnership between Mankato Clinic and the Minnesota Council of Churches is aimed at bridging gaps between the local Soma... -
Abstract Background and Aim. The knowledge about the health status of Somalis in Norway and Somaliland is limited. This paper reports t... -
Taipei, Dec. 28 (CNA) Taiwan announced Tuesday that it will donate 150,000 doses of the domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine to ...
