Beyond the pandemic: strengthening Somalia’s health system
The Somalia government is leading reforms in strengthening its health system to effectively deliver health care services beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the main reforms that the government is considering is the introduction of the Essential Package of Health...
Somalia celebrates Universal Health Coverage day: translating the dream of ‘health for all’ into a reality
The 2021 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) day's theme was ‘Leaving no one’s health behind: Investing in health systems for all.’ This theme is relevant for countries worldwide, including Somalia, particularly after the secondary impacts of the COVID-19...
Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while Somalia receives doses for less than 2% of population
24th March 2021: Somali NGOs warmly welcome the first batch of COVID19 vaccines this week from COVAX and warn that Somalia is facing critical shortages of oxygen and medical supplies to cope with the rising COVID-19 cases. With current vaccine doses less than 2% of...