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Somalia receives 1.4 million vials of oral cholera vaccine

The delivery comes amid alarm at the increasing number of reported cases

Somalia has today received 1.4 million vials of the oral cholera vaccine worth US$ 2.5 million in a stepped-up effort to stem an outbreak of the disease that has since January infected 4,388 people and claimed 54 lives, two-thirds of them children. The number of reported cases this year, according…

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World Immunization Week 2023: Somalia resolves to work on “The Big Catch-Up”

As per UNICEF and WHO estimates, routine immunization coverage in Somalia is low compared to other countries

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) observed World Immunization Week (WIW) under the global theme of “The Big Catch-Up” with a resolve to strengthen primary healthcare and routine immunization across the country and ensure that…

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Coronavirus: In fight against COVID-19, Germany donates 163,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Somalia through COVAX facility

Joint press release by the Department of Health and Human Services, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, UNICEF and WHO in Somalia

Somalia scaled up its battle to end the COVID-19 pandemic after receiving 163 000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines from the Government of Germany through the COVAX Facility today. “The Government of Germany has extended its valuable support to Somalia in the fight against COVID-19 and we would like to thank them…

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Somalia launches Child Protection Information Management System to protect vulnerable children amid COVID-19

In Somalia, 1.8 million children are at risk of violence, abuse and neglect due to the ongoing conflict

The Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), launched today an online Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS+) to enhance the protection of the most vulnerable children in Somalia. “Today, we’re taking a crucial step towards keeping the extremely vulnerable…

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Children in Somalia at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis – UNICEF

The report found Somali children are highly exposed to soil and water pollution and riverine flooding

Young people living in Somalia are among those most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, according to a UNICEF report launched today. ‘The Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis: Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index’ is the first comprehensive analysis of climate…

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Coronavirus - Somalia: Training nutrition workers across Somalia to provide life-saving services amid COVID-19

Information and good guidance to keep more Somali children and women safe and healthy

Somalia confirmed its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mogadishu on March 16th, by April 14th online training for over 100 nutrition NGOs working in Somalia had begun. Somalia faces more crises and challenges than most countries in Africa, and indeed the world. Emerging from over two decades of civil…

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National Micronutrient Survey launched in Somalia

The Survey is the first major nutrition survey the country is conducting since 2009

The Ministry of Health and Human services of the Federal Government of Somalia today launches the Somali National Micronutrient Survey together with UNICEF and partners. The Survey is the first major nutrition survey the country is conducting since 2009. “For the next four months, we will be collecting critical health,…

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Japan gives US$3 million to keep Somalia’s drought affected children healthy, in school and protected

The new funding will be used to monitor grave child rights violations, as well as provide support to 1,250 survivors of abuse, and to children who were previously involved with armed groups

The Government of Japan is providing generous funding to UNICEF to support children with proper sanitation facilities in schools, keep them in education and provide abused women and children with support services, UNICEF said today. The US$3 million grant will, over the course of the next year, help some of…

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Huge measles campaign in drought-hit Somalia aims to protect children and save lives

This week the campaign targets 2.7 million children in the southern and central states, along with 1.1 million children in Somaliland

A nationwide campaign continues in Somalia to protect millions of children against the potentially deadly effects of measles. WHO, UNICEF, national and local health authorities aim to reach more than 4.7 million children aged from six months to 10 years during the overall campaign. This week the campaign targets 2.7…

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Global Partnership for Education Grants US$5.6 million for Quality Education for Children in the Puntland State of Somalia

The grant will be implemented by the Puntland Ministry of Education to address the north-eastern state’s wide ranging education needs and challenges

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is pleased to announce a US$5.6 million grant for Puntland. The grant will be implemented by the Puntland Ministry of Education to address the north-eastern state’s wide ranging education needs and challenges. UNICEF is the grant agent, and the European Union is the coordinating…