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Data can save lives in Somalia’s fight against COVID-19
Somalia’s already fragile health systems have been tested to their limits since the country confirmed its first COVID-19 case on 16 March 2020. As of 3 June 2020, the Ministry of Health of the... Read more
The Somali Health and Demographic Survey Report: A tool to fight COVID-19 in Somalia
Somalia, like many other countries, is grappling with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, with over a thousand laboratory-confirmed cases and dozens of associated deaths registered so far. With the support... Read more
Statement by the UNFPA Representative for Somalia Mr. Anders Thomsen on the rape of a four-year-old girl in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, 17 May 2020 – We strongly condemn the rape of a four-year-old girl in Madina, Mogadishu on 14 May 2020 and denounce this gruesome act of sexual violence. It is with great concern that we... Read more
Somalia needs to invest in midwifery now more than ever
The year 2020 has been declared by the United Nations as the year of the nurse and midwife and stories of heroic and outstanding midwives and nurses are being highlighted throughout the year.... Read more
Somalia Launches Game-changing Report on Health & Lives of Somalis, including Nomadic Communities
MOGADISHU, 30 April 2020 - A new report launched today by Somalia—titled the Somalia Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS) Report 2020—offers the country’s decision-makers and stakeholders vital... Read more
UNFPA and WHO partner to strengthen testing capacity for COVID-19 in Somalia
Garowe, 27 April 2020 – Yesterday, the first batch of COVID-19 testing results were announced in Garowe, Puntland. A total of 11 tests had been conducted with five being positive. This remarkable... Read more
COVID-19 threatens already vulnerable maternal and reproductive health systems
After around two months of watching the global spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), on 31 March 2020, Somalia had five confirmed cases of the virus. Any interventions to stop the spread of the virus... Read more
Statement by UNFPA Representative for Somalia, Mr. Anders Thomsen, on the rape of two young girls
Mogadishu, 5 April 2020 – UNFPA Somalia strongly condemns the abduction and rape of the two young girls, aged three and four as they were playing on 30 March 2020 in Afgoye town, Lower Shebelle,... Read more
More midwives graduate with UNFPA Somalia’s support
Twenty-five midwifery students completed a two-year midwifery programme on 2 March 2020 at Mogadishu Midwifery School which UNFPA supports through the Ministry of Health of the Federal Government of... Read more
Milestone agreement reached on data collection and utilization
High-level representatives from the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal Member States signed an agreement on 5 March committing to coordinate and support the use and dissemination of... Read more