Report
Somalia Cholera Situation 2024
UNICEF Somalia and partners are engaged in containing the spread of Acute Watery Diarrhea(AWD)/cholera and other waterborne diseases, which were exacerbated by El Niño and subsequent flooding at the beginning of the year. The scale remains significant, with around 17,000 cases recorded in 30 districts across all ...
Press release
Global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests to boost fight against cholera
More than 1.2 million cholera rapid diagnostic tests will be shipped to 14 countries in largest-ever global deployment, with the first shipment landing today in Malawi., This first official deployment of tests through Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will improve timely detection and monitoring of outbreaks, effectiven...
Article
Building a better future by empowering children to make a difference
Dhusamareeb, 4 April 2024: , In Dhusamareeb district in Galmudug State, central Somalia, we meet Amina Hassan, a 29-year-old dedicated social mobilizer who is passionate about improving the health and well-being of her community, especially the children. Amina believes that education and awareness are key to preve...
News note
Somalia receives 1.4 million vials of oral cholera vaccine
Somalia has today received 1.4 million vials of the oral cholera vaccine worth US$ 2.5 million in a stepped-up effort to stem an outbreak of the disease that has since January infected 4,388 people and claimed 54 lives, two-thirds of them children. The number of reported cases this year, according to WHO, is three...
Press release
Somalia launches campaign to vaccinate one million people against cholera
Mogadishu, 24 January 2023:, A five-day single-dose oral cholera vaccination campaign that aims to reach about one million people has been launched by the Ministry of Health and Human Services with support from UNICEF and the WHO. This house-to-house campaign aims to vaccinate 995,886 people aged one year and abov...
Press release
Stepping up humanitarian operations for drought
14 June 2022, MOGADISHU, – On 14 June 2022, Somalia rolled out the first round of a five-day campaign to vaccinate 934 511 people against cholera in nine high-risk districts that are currently facing ongoing outbreaks of cholera. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are s...