Girls in a class in Berbera, Somaliland in February 2009. UNICEF is supporting efforts to boost enrollment of girls in schools in Somalia. © UNICEF Somalia/02-09/NYsenburg.

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Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) - Somalia 2009

 

 

 

                   
                    

Bulo Mingis IDP camp in Bossaso in February 2009. UNICEF works with partners to improve the lives of people in marginalized communities to ensure provision of services such as clean drinking water. © UNICEF Somalia/02-09/NYsenburg

 

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1-04-09: Somali Child Health Days held nationwide for the first time

22-03-09: Provision of safe water improves quality of life for the residents of Berbera

 

 

 UNICEF in Somalia has programmes in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Education, Youth Development, Child Protection and HIV/AIDS. A mother and child at Jowhar Hospital in 2009 are among the beneficiaries. © UNICEF Somalia/02-09/NYesenburg

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15-05-09: The April 2009 edition of UNICEF's newsletter Carruurteenna (Somali for 'Our Children') focuses on Health and Nutrition. It emphasises the need to combat malaria to ensure better health for children and women.
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