Somalia bombings: At least 100 killed in terrorist attacks by al-Shabaab
Two car bombs exploded in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, leaving at least 100 people dead, Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said. #bombings #alshabaabtwo #somalian #hassansheikhmohamud #mogadishu #terroristattacks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Explosions near Somalia's education ministry kill 100 people
At least 100 people were killed after two car bombs exploded near Somalia's education ministry in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday. #mogadishu #explosions #educationministry #somalia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs
At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country's president said in a... #mogadishu #educationministry #somalia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Car bombs at Somali education ministry leave scores of casualties
Two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu killed or wounded scores of people on Saturday, police and the state news agency said. #carbombexplosions #somali #statenewsagency #mogadishu #educationministry (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Seasonal variation, treatment outcome, and its associated factors among the snakebite patients in Somali region, Ethiopia - Abdullahi A, Yusuf N, Debella A, Eyeberu A, Deressa A, Bekele H, Ketema I, Abdulahi IM, Weldegebreal F.
BACKGROUND: Snakebite is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in many areas, particularly in the rural tropics, and is a major public health problem around the world. It also imposes significant economic burdens on snakebite victims due to treatment-re... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Somalia: High Risk of Outbreaks Amid Poor Living Conditions for Newly Arrived Refugees in Dadaab
[MSF] With hundreds of people from Somalia arriving each week in Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Complex, living conditions in camps hosting over 233,000 refugees and thousands of new arrivals since January are worsening. Given the conditions in these overcrowded camps, there is a high risk of disease outbreaks, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF urges the UN Refugee Agency and Kenyan authorities to ramp up humanitarian support and urgently launch vaccination campaigns. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Attack on hotel in Somalia ’s Kismayo ends with 9 civilians dead
Security forces say attack by al-Shabab on Tawakal Hotel is over with the death of all gunmen involved. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Somalia: UN Food Agency Warns Somalia Near Full-Blown Famine
[VOA] Geneva -- The World Food Program warned Friday it is only a matter of time before Somalia is hit with a full-blown famine and people start dying in droves. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 22, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Somalia: Somalia On Brink of Unprecedented Crisis As Famine Looms - WHO
[VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization says hundreds of thousands of people in drought-stricken Somalia may die unless the international community acts urgently to prevent the country from falling into famine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 22, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Terror-related injuries in Somalia: a retrospective cohort of 2426 hospitalized cases along 7 years - Arslan E, Mohamed AH, Cetinkaya O.
Terrorism-related injuries and deaths have become a major threat to the Somalian population, as in the rest of the world. We aimed to characterize and compare firearm and explosion injuries caused by terrorist acts. This retrospective study reviewed the da... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Four People Die As Cholera Outbreak Reported in Oromia, Somali Region Border Areas
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- On 27 August 2022, the first cholera case was reported in Harana Buluk woreda of Bale zone, Southern Oromia region of Ethiopia. On 18 September 2022, Berbere woreda became the second woreda reporting cholera cases, soon after followed by Delo Mena woreda where suspected cases were reported in Burka IDPs site on 03 October. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Urban initiatives beat the clock: success stories from around the Region
13 October 2022 – Qatar set a goal of achieving at least one WHO Healthy City accreditation by 2022 only to get there ahead of schedule when, in 2021, both Doha and Al Rayyan were awarded the designation. The Healthy Cities Programme makes health a central concern in all aspects of city administration, from transportation to waste management.
In Somalia, solar-powered medical oxygen systems are saving lives, demonstrating how innovation can accelerate impact in fragile settings. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit only 26% of medical facilities surveyed in Somalia had an oxygen source. Now, solar-powered oxygen systems are b...
Source: WHO EMRO News - October 13, 2022 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Polio eradication: delegates recommit to step up efforts at the 69th Regional Committee for the ...
Tuesday 11 October 2022 Members of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks in the Eastern Mediterranean reviewed recent progress during the 69th session of the Regional Committee. It was the sixth meeting of the subcommittee since it was formed during the 67th Regional Committee.
During the meeting Member States and partners reiterated their commitment to freeing current and future generations of children from polio and called for sustained efforts to end polio once and for all, including the pockets of wild poliovirus that linger in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Representatives of partners of the Globa...
Source: WHO EMRO News - October 11, 2022 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Prolonged drought brings famine, death and fear to Somalia
Somalia is in the midst of the worst drought anyone there can remember (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
What Climate Change Means For Africa ’ s Food Crisis
The African continent is no stranger to famine. In the 1970s and ‘80s, countries across the Sahel plunged into a drought-induced food crisis. In the mid-80s, an estimated one million people died from food shortages in Ethiopia. Somalia faced widespread famine in the ‘90s. Both those countries, along with neighboring East Africa nations, have suffered persistent food insecurity in the 21st century, with 22 million people currently at risk of starvation.
Climate change has not been the root cause of the continent’s regional famines. Decade after decade, hunger crises have stemmed from a familiar set of cir...
Source: TIME: Science - October 5, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Emily Barone Tags: Uncategorized Africa climate climate change Climate Is Everything Explainer Food & Agriculture healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
