Historic drought in the Horn of Africa: Women and girls fleeing one crisis for another
DAADAB, Kenya– Incessant hunger and chronic insecurity forced Rukia Yaroow Ali and her nine children to abandon their home in Jilib, Somalia, to seek shelter at the Hagadera refugee camp in northern (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Challenges in the head and neck department in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of patients presenting to a single tertiary hospital of Somalia with extreme war injuries - Yasar M, Ali IM, Bayram A, Korkmaz UTK, Sahin M, Irmak S.
In this study, the authors aimed to share their experience with 46 patients who were wounded due to terrorism and war in Somalia. The authors also evaluated the etiological diversity of terror-related and war-related injuries. The study included 46 patient... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Somalia: Half of Children Under 5 in Somalia Facing Malnutrition
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- About 1.8 million children aged under five are still expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Somalia this year with the emergency far from over even though the risk of famine has been averted for the time being, Save the Children said on Wednesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Dictators Bent On Building Military Empires: The Cost Of The Nation's Endless Wars
Dictators Bent On Building Military Empires: The Cost Of The Nation's Endless Wars Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Autocrats only understand one word: no, no, no. No you will not take my country, no you will not take my freedom, no you will not take my future… A…#johnnishawhitehead #rutherfordinstitute #ukraine #war #somalia #iraq #syria #saudiarabia #jordan #oman (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ukrainian grain shipments drop as officials blame Russia for inspection backlog
The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia’s invasion nears the one-year mark. Ukrainian and some…#ukraine #unbrokered #moscow #africa #middleeast #blacksea #turkey #istanbul #kenya #somalia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ukrainian grain shipments drop as ship backups grow
LONDON -- The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia's invasion nears the one-year mark. Ukrainian…#ukraine #unbrokered #moscow #africa #middleeast #blacksea #turkey #istanbul #kenya #somalia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sahan Journal is using voice-note newsletters to reach Somalis in Minnesota
Last November, Sahan Journal hosted a Facebook Live conversation for Somali parents in Minnesota. The host, Somali journalist Abdirizak Diis, interviewed a local teacher and an assistant principal in Somali about parents’ educational concerns post-pandemic. They then came up with a list of…#sahanjournal #somali #minnesota #abdirizakdiis #sahanjournals #aalaabdullahi #mukhtaribrahim #minneapolis #nonenglish #initiative (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vast Refugee Camp in Kenya Swells as Drought Hits Somalia
DADAAB REFUGEE COMPLEX, Kenya—Magan Noor Abdi was 17 with three children the first time she fled Somalia. It was 2010, and famine was coming. The second time was a decade later. Al-Shabaab militants infiltrating her hometown had beaten her husband so badly that he couldn’t support a family that…#dadaabrefugeecomplex #kenya #somalia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Omar, now a Dem unifier, faces down her GOP critics
Ilhan Omar, at times a lightning rod for House Democrats, is now a unifying force in her party’s quest to frustrate the GOP at every turn. The member of the so-called progressive “squad” knew even before starting her third term in Congress that she'd face Republicans' long-promised threat to…#ilhanomar #democrats #republicans #minnesota #africa #somali #democrat #hill #israel #foreignaffairs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Ongoing Cholera Outbreak Kills 28 in Four Zones of Oromia, Somali Regions, Leaves Close to One Million People At High Risk: UN
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The latest report by the UN reveals that the Cholera outbreak has spread out to 66 kebeles of 8 woredas across Bale, Guji and West Arsi zones of Oromia and 2 woredas of Liban zone of Somali region, rising the total number of cholera cases reported as of 30 January 2023 to 1,055 - of whom 191 IDPs - including 28 associated deaths. Close to 1 million people are at high-risk in the 10 affected woredas. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
U.S. Forces Kill Senior Islamic State Militant in Somalia
WASHINGTON—Nearly a dozen operatives with the Islamic State group in Somalia were killed in a U.S. military assault operation, including a senior militant who the U.S. had intended to capture but instead killed, U.S. officials said. The raid, which took place in a mountainous cave complex in…#islamicstate #somalia #bilalalsudani #isis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Funding Announcement: Help Spread Trustworthy Health Information in Your Community
Region 6 is pleased to announce new funding opportunities for Year 3 of our cooperative agreement with the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Funding is up to $15,000 per award and application is open through March 31st.
The Health Information Outreach Award is to improve health literacy and increase health equity through engagement and training for health information. The award can be used to support:
Instructional design and training of evidence-based health resources and information for workforce development
Public or consumer outreach and engagement for awareness, evaluation, use, and understanding of credible heal...
Source: The Cornflower - January 20, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Miles Dietz-Castel Tags: Blog Funding health information outreach Source Type: news
Epidemiological characteristics and comparative outcome of blast versus gunshot injuries of the extremities in Somalia - Mohamed AY, Ibrahim HS, Ta şkoparan H, Ibrahim YB.
BACKGROUND: War conflicts and terror-related injuries constitute a significant public health problem in Somalia. We aim to characterize and compare the injury characteristics of gunshot and blast injuries of the extremities. METHODS: The data of 33... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Somalia: Study - Somali People 'Highly Traumatized' After Years of Conflict
[VOA] Washington -- People in Somalia are highly traumatized due to political instability, prolonged violence and humanitarian crisis, a new health study said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 19, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
5 Somali troops die in attack; 21 al-Shabab fighters killed
An attack by the al-Shabab extremist group on a military facility north of Somalia's capital on Tuesday killed five soldiers, officials said. Somali troops repelled the assault, killing 21 al-Shabab fighters. The group has claimed responsibility for the attack at the Hawaadley military facility in…#abdihassan #alshabab #odawayusufrage #hawaadley #defenseforces #middleshabelle #somalia #somali #abshirshataqey #mogadishu (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
