Trauma, trust in government, and social connection: how social context shapes attitudes related to the use of ideologically or politically motivated violence - Ellis BH, Sideridis G, Miller AB, Abdi SM, Winer JP.
In this study we examine how grievances and social connection among Somali immigrants are associated with attitudes towards radicalization to violence. Data was drawn from structured interviews with 213 Somali young adult men living in North America. Struc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Somali president suspends PM in latest power move, U.S. appeals for calm
Somalia's president said on Monday he had suspended the prime minister for suspected corruption in the latest power struggle distracting the government from an Islamist insurgency, prompting the... #insurgency #primeminister #somali (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Somalia: Two Somali Nationals Test Positive for Omicron in India
[Dalsan Radio] Two Somali nationals have tested positive for Omicron just three days after they arrived in Hyderabad, India. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 17, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The climate crisis and devastating drought in eastern Africa
For three consecutive rainy seasons, the eastern Horn of Africa has experienced poor rainfall. Confounded by Covid-19 and desert locust invasions,millions are now facing starvation across parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Already, livestock and wildlife are dying of thirst and hunger in large numbers. And at the heart of it all is the worsening climate crisis.Madeleine Finlay asks climate researcher Chris Funk what ’s causing these devastating weather patterns and speaks to Nairobi reporterPeter Muiruri about the impact the droughts are having in northern Kenya, and what can be done to make regions more drought-resil...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 16, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay with Peter Muiruri. Sound design by Axel Kacouti é Tags: Science Climate crisis Environment Drought Food security Extreme weather Africa Source Type: news
Somalia: Doctors Save Life of 5-Year-Old Somali Girl - Conduct Complex Kidney Tumor Surgery
[Dalsan Radio] A 5-year-old Somali girl, who was suffering from Wilm's tumour, a very rare type of kidney cancer has been successfully been treated by a team of Oncologists in India. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 9, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
WHO strengthens response to attacks on health care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Cairo, 8 December 2021 – Nine countries and territories from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region met last week for a two-day workshop in Istanbul to prevent and advance WHO response to attacks on health care in complex humanitarian emergencies.
The WHO European Centre on Preparedness for Humanitarian and Health Emergencies and the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean collaborated to bring together Attacks on Health Care (AHC) focal points from Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, the occupied Palestinian territories, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Northwest Syria, and Yemen to review progress made to date, discuss b...
Source: WHO EMRO News - December 8, 2021 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Somalia: Somalia Receives Sinopharm Vaccines From China
[Dalsan Radio] Somalia has received 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to help in the fight against COVID-19 in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 7, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Omicron & Developing Countries – Where Threats are the Greatest
A woman receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a health clinic in Garowe, Somalia.
As scientists continue to investigate the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) last week urged countries not to panic but to prepare for its likely spread. Credit: UNICEF/Ismael TaxtaBy Alexander Kozul-WrightGENEVA, Dec 7 2021 (IPS) On 25 November, news emerged from South Africa of a new COVID-19 variant. It has since been identified as Omicron, a Greek alphabet derivation the World Health Organization (WHO) reserves for virus variants “of concern”.
For now, scientists are still racing to understand Omicron’...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alexander Kozul-Wright Tags: Africa COVID-19 COVID-19 VACCINES Development & Aid Economy & Trade Featured Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Somalia: As a Nurse in Somalia, I Know We Need Vaccines. Where Are They?
[African Arguments] The pandemic has overwhelmed us. Vaccines are the only solution, yet as rich countries give out third jabs, we've barely inoculated 2% of Somalis. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 19, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Somalia: Construction of 68-Bed Hospital Facility for Somali National Army Kicks Off in Mogadishu
[Dalsan Radio] The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) with sponsorship from the Government of Italy, has commenced constructing a 68-bed health facility for soldiers and officers of the Somali National Army (SNA). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 3, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa
In October 2019, the Rotary Club of Bugolobi asked me to talk on the environment and climate change. I looked forward to the opportunity. It would be the first time as an activist that I’d be addressing Ugandan professionals, many of whom were my parents’ age (I’m 24). The audience would be civic-minded middle-class men and women who could raise awareness about the climate crisis and put pressure on the government and the private sector. Or they could do exactly the opposite: resist any change they perceived as slowing down what they considered “development” or “progress,” and dism...
Source: TIME: Science - October 28, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Vanessa Nakate Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Cover Story Excerpt feature healthscienceclimate Magazine Source Type: news
Somalia: Somalia and Covid-19 - How We Used Satellite Data to Track the Toll of the Pandemic
[The Conversation Africa] While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been well documented in high-income countries, much less is known about its impact on low-income and conflict-affected countries where there are significant challenges in information generation and dissemination. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
A C.I.A. Fighter, a Somali Bomb Maker, and a Faltering Shadow War
The hunt for an elusive Somali militant illustrates why Al Shabab, despite a decade of American covert action, are at their strongest in years. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Somalia: Covid-19 Deaths Vastly Undercounted, Study Finds
[VOA] Covid-19 deaths in Somalia were at least 32 times higher than the figures reported by the government during the early months of the pandemic, according to a new study. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
