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“We haven’t had enough time between one disaster and another” says MSF doctor on situation in Somalia

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A senior doctor with the with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Baidoa, Somalia has described the humanitarian situation in the country as catastrophic. Dr Asma Aweis Abdallah said the drought in the country- the worst in four decades has forced people to move from their homes to look for health and humanitarian assistance. She said over the last…

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World Food Program chief: Somali famine slowed, not avoided

The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany have allowed it to postpone — though not entirely avert — famine in Somalia but stressed that “we’re not out of this yet.” WFP Executive Director David Beasley said countries…

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St. Paul health care workers create PPE for Muslim women

When health care workers Yasmin Samatar and Faraoli Adam were on the frontlines of the pandemic, they struggled to find personal protective equipment for Muslim women like them. So they launched Mawadda, a line of hygienic hijabs to help keep Muslim health care workers and patients safe in the hospital.…

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FAO and Germany step up humanitarian action in rural Somalia

The German government and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have increased humanitarian assistance through cash transfers in Somalia to mitigate the impact of drought on the food security and livelihoods of rural communities in response to the growing food insecurity. About 6.7 million people, including over…

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Somali refugees from Ethiopia struggling for support in Somaliland

Single mother Asha Abdullahi and her four children are thankful for a roof over their heads, even though they are squeezed into one room in the cramped house of a Somaliland family in Hargeisa. They are among hundreds of families that have fled across the border with Ethiopia as refugees…

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USAID boosts drought responce efforts in Ethiopia’s Somali region

The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) has provided over $672 million in drought response this year and remains devoted to the health, welfare, and prosperous future of the people of Ethiopia.  Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator…

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Antimalarial drug resistance is very much an increasing concern in Africa- Dr Warsame

A leading medic and an expert in Africa Dr Marian Warsame now says antimalarial drug resistance is an increasing concern in Africa. In a one-on-one interview with the World Health Organization media team, Dr Warsame medical doctor by training who wrote her PhD’s thesis on antimalarial drug resistance in Somalia…

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