Somalia

Ruqiya’s story: A mother’s life saved thanks to UNICEF’s emergency health services

   

   

   

When 26-year-old Ruqiya Hassan was pregnant with her fourth child, she began suffering from intense pains that were unlike anything she had experienced with her previous three pregnancies. With her condition worsening, Ruqiya, who lives with her family in a rural village in Afgooye, Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia, decided to seek medical assistance.

   

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Taking the vaccines to children in hard-to-reach communities of Zeila district

   

    
It took us 12 hours to navigate the rough, mountainous terrain and desert sands on the journey from Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital, to the ancient town of Zeila, capital of the district of the same name, located on Djibouti’s border. Our mission was to extend the nationwide measles vaccination campaign to Zeila district, which included numerous hard-to-reach-locations that were our priority destinations. At that time, Somaliland had registered 1,102 suspected cases of measles with anecdotal reports of serious clinical complications and even death.

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Emergency updates

UNICEF: Humanitarian Situation Report: February 2019

OCHA: Humanitarian Bulletin Somalia, 1 March - 3 April 2019

OCHA: 2019 Somalia Humanitarian Needs Overview

OCHA: Humanitarian Dashboard - February 2019

FSNAU: Food Security Outlook - February to September 2019

OCHA: Humanitarian Snapshot as of 10 March 2019

Publications

UNICEF Somalia Annual Report 2017

UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021: Executive Summary

Going on Tahriib - The causes and consequences of Somali youth migration to Europe