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Somalia participates in 'World's Biggest Lesson'

Baidoa school brings cheer to girls

Distributing a Life Saver - insecticide treated mosquito nets reduce child deaths in Somalia

A Gift of Life: UNICEF supports well rehabilitation in Baidoa

UNICEF Provides Relief to Pregnant Mothers and Newborns in Somalia

Volunteer-staffed health centre helps save lives in Baidoa, Somalia

Nets help to fight malaria

Camp in Baidoa is home to IDPs

Floods put Southern Somalia under threat

Community trainers to boost FGM/C fight

Education - Tents to the rescue of Somali children

Swiss give support for FGM/C eradication

IDPs get UK tents

Drought 2006 - Boy's long journey to treatment

Photo essay #1 - Somalia fights polio

Education - Challenges of working in Somalia

Education - Mine girl's dream takes root

Emergency - New school rises from the Tsunami

Emergency - In Hafun, a girl’s dream comes true

Emergency - Tsunami renews interest in Somalia

Emergency - Diary from Tsunami-hit area

Faces of UNICEF - Diaspora to Somalia

Faces of UNICEF - Working in Mogadishu

Youth review HIV/AIDS magazine

Youth - Girls' sports initiative picks up

Youth - Somali boys visit Spain

 

Photo essay #1 - Somalia fights polio


Somalia fights polio
On 17 June, 2005, Somalia launched an immunization campaign, to protect the country's children from polio. The campaign came after a warning of polio re-infection from nearby Ethiopia and Yemen. Somalia has been polio-free since October 2002.




 

 
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