Health
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that millions in Somalia are at risk of worsening hunger and malnutrition as critical funding shortfalls force the agency to cut back on life-saving emergency food assistance. more
UN agencies ramp up Somalia measles and polio campaign

New York A campaign to vaccinate some 1.7 million children in Somalia was launched on Sunday by the country’s government, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and ...

Somalia: UN launches lifesaving vaccination campaign for children facing measles threat

New York, Apr 26 (Just Earth News): Almost 30,000 young Somali children, many of them displaced by a searing drought, are being vaccinated against measles this week in a United Nations-backe ...

Somalia: UN-backed cholera vaccination campaign targets 450,000 people

New York, Mar 16 (Just Earth News): The Government of Somalia has launched an oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign on Thursday with the support of the United Nations health agency, target ...

Somalia: UN calls for action to curb measles outbreaks

New York, Jun 11 (JEN): Voicing deep concern that outbreaks of measles have left thousands of children in Somalia at risk of disability or death, United Nations agencies on Tuesday called f ...