Community-based surveillance programme evaluation using the platform Nyss implemented by the Somali Red Crescent Society-a mixed methods approach - Jung J, Larsen TM, Beledi AH, Takahashi E, Ahmed AO, Reid J, Kongelf IA.
BACKGROUND: Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS), supported by Norwegian Red Cross, has implemented community-based surveillance (CBS) in Somaliland. This methodology aims to reduce the high risk of epidemics by strengthening early warning and response from ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Community-Based Prevention Source Type: news
Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide
Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Female Genital Mutilation Women and Girls Vagina Medicine and Health United Nations Children ' s Fund Somalia North America Europe Middle East Asia Burkina Faso Egypt Ethiopia Sudan Indonesia Yemen Sierra Leone Djibou Source Type: news
Somali refugees in urban neighborhoods: an eco-social study of mental health and wellbeing - Ermansons G, Kienzler H, Schofield P.
BACKGROUND: Impact of pre-migration trauma and post-migration settlement on refugee mental health and wellbeing is well-documented. However, little research has focused on the specific places where refugees settle and spend their daily lives within the pos... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
How the Times stumbled on a sensitive Israel story
The Scoop There are about 1,700 journalists at The New York Times. But its editors, to their great frustration, are always running out of them. That is at its most true when a crisis hits and Bigfoot correspondents and columnists from all over the globe descend on a bureau and demand translators,…#scoop #jerusalembureau #times #jeffreygettleman #bigfeet #jerusalem #ukraine #rwanda #pulitzer #somalia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Russia's'grey zone' tactics in Finland ’s snowy forests
Another crisis involving an influx of migrants is building up on Europe's border, said Christiane Kühl on Merkur.de (Munich). But this one isn't in the Mediterranean: it's occurring along the frozen stretches of the 832-mile frontier between Finland and Russia. From August to December last year,…#christianekühl #munich #finland #yemen #somalia #syria #nato #elisabethbraw #politico #moscow (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The State Of Global Fertility
South Korea broke its own record when it announced this week that as of 2023, its fertility rate had fallen to just 0.72 births per woman. The rate at which a population replaces itself between generations without migration stands at around 2.1. As Statista's…#katharinabuchholz #statistain #southeastasia #westafrican #niger #worldbank #somalia #chad #congo #africa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Somali Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation Advocate to Change Minds - and Lives
[UNFPA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- "I used to feel fear when it was night time," mother-of-two Nurto Abdi Osman told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa East Africa Health and Medicine Somalia Women and Gender Source Type: news
Somali survivors of female genital mutilation advocate to change minds – and lives
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Source: UNFPA News - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
U.S. presses Israel to stop targeting Hamas civilian police escorting Gaza aid trucks
The Biden administration asked Israel to stop targeting members of the Hamas-run civilian police force who escort aid trucks in Gaza, warning that a "total breakdown of law and order" is significantly exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the enclave, three U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.…#israel #hamas #gaza #israeli #mogadishu #strip #somalia #hornofafrica #ocha #palestinian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pirates targeting ships diverted from Red Sea, warns UN shipping chief
Maritime body fears resurgence of vessel seizures in Gulf of Guinea and off Somali coast after fresh piracy incidents#gulfofguinea #somali (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Somalia announces deal with Turkey to deter Ethiopia ’s access to sea through a breakaway region
Somalia has announced a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation’s sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland.#somalia #turkey #hornofafrica #ethiopia #somaliland (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Somalia announces deal with Turkey to deter Ethiopia's access to sea through a breakaway region
Somalia announced on Wednesday a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation's sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia's efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland. Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with…#somalia #turkey #hornofafrica #ethiopia #somaliland #somali #hamzaabdibarre #hassansheikh #abiyahmed #gulfarab (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prevalence and correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder among internal displaced people in Qoloji Camps, Somali regional state, eastern Ethiopia - Muhummed AM, Jibril MK, Yimam AA, Ali SY.
This study assessed the prevalence and correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among internally displaced people (IDP) in the Qoloji Camp, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Somalia: United Front Against FGM - UNFPA, Unicef, MWHRD Call for Action
[Shabelle] In a collaboration organized by the Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development (MWHRD) alongside the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a gathering of distinguished stakeholders convened to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This momentous occasion was attended by senior representatives from the government, the diplomatic community, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the United States Embassy in Somalia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 8, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Somalia Women and Gender Source Type: news
Somalia: Severe Watery Diarrhea Kills Nearly 20 People in Central Somalia
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- At least 18 people, mostly children have died from the diarrhea disease that broke out in the Hawadley and the surrounding areas in the Hiran region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Environment Health and Medicine Somalia Water and Sanitation Source Type: news
