Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) Director General Silas Kinoti has hailed President Uhuru Kenyatta for negotiating with the new Somali President Hassan Mohamud to lift the ban on Miraa imports from Kenya. Kinoti,a miraa fan said the move to finalise … Continued
Munira Maalimisaq was a nursing student when a volunteer stint at a detox center opened her eyes to alcohol abuse among Somali community members. By Joey Peters In the midst of her struggle with alcoholism, a local 20-year-old Somali woman … Continued
Halimo, 27, suffered obstetric fistula caused by prolonged labour during the birth of her third child in March in a displacement camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu that has no access to health facilities. “This condition I am living with … Continued
Banadir Maternity & Children Hospital has become ground zero for the starvation crisis sweeping across Somalia Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as … Continued
BERNARD OLAYO & CARMEN CARPIO As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic spread across Africa, hospitals across the continent faced shortages of essential medical supplies needed to treat the respiratory disease and keep patients alive. Not just masks and ventilators, but oxygen. … Continued
Dismayed that victims of the incessant violence in Somalia’s capital were being rolled to hospitals on wooden carts and in wheelbarrows, a dentist decided to do something about it On the way to and from his dental clinic every day, … Continued
Somali parents can find autism advice and support (in English and Somali) through Minnesota health providers and state partnerships. Help is available with diagnosis, education services, and more. By HIBAH ANSARI Scant data exist on the prevalence of autism in specific … Continued
By Rhoda Odhiambo IASTER GUARDIANS/ Anna Qabale Duba reportedly beat more than 24,000 nominees to the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award A Kenyan nurse who campaigns against early marriage and female genital mutilation says she is “speechless” after winning a … Continued
Mogadishu – Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdullahi was born in the rural area of the Mudug region, Puntland, in Somalia, in 1992, to a family of pastoralists. At birth, he had normal vision. He was brought to the city of Galkayo at the … Continued
MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) — Somalia and the United Nations agencies on Saturday jointly urged humanitarian partners, local private agencies and donors to help boost children immunization efforts and outreach across the country. The ministry of health, the World Health Organization (WHO) … Continued
Somalia’s health officials have hailed the Chinese government’s assistance in revamping the entire operation theater of Banadir Hospital in the capital Mogadishu. MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) — Somalia’s health officials on Tuesday hailed the Chinese Embassy for supporting the revamping of the entire … Continued
By Mercy Juma As Somalia faces what experts call its worst drought in a decade, children are bearing the brunt. Parents are struggling to feed them, with nearly half of the country’s under-five population likely to suffer from acute malnutrition … Continued
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