6 September 2018 – The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 76 new cases of cholera including one death for week 34 (20 to 26 August) of 2018. Over the past two weeks, there has been an increase in the number of cholera cases reported. The cumulative total of cases is 6245, including 42

Greece’s biggest migrant camp faces closure next month unless authorities clean up “uncontrollable amounts of waste,” the regional governor said, citing public health risks. The Moria camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, has long been described by the United Nations and other human rights organizations as overcrowded and unfit for humans. More than 8,300

Mogadishu – The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia His Excellency Hassan Ali Khaire of the Federal Republic of Somalia, today welcomed. Approved by the Law on Disability Legal Affairs. Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism Minister Adam Isaac, and articles about cabinet meeting said that the organizations of

The Ministry of Health has deployed teams of technical personnel on a nationwide household survey and testing for HIV and AIDS. This follows the launch of Kenya Population based HIV Impact Assessment or (KENPHIA), which hopes to scale up collection of data on the impact of the disease. The nationwide household survey and testing for

The World Health Organisation has described the Ebola outbreak in the DRC as sitting on an “epidemiological knife-edge”, as the virus ravages through the country. The government has confirmed nine deaths but it is widely believed a total of 22 people have been killed by the virus so far. Leading Ebola expert, Håkon Bolkan said:

Zimbabwe’s vice president Constantino Chiwenga has set the record on allegations that he has been bleachening to attain a lighter skin complexion. Chiwenga, the former chief of defence forces has been mocked by Zimbabweans on social media, with some users cruelly calling him ‘Bleachy Chiwenga’ and ‘General Ambi’, after the famous make of skin cream.

The United Arab Emirates .has suspended operations at a hospital it ran in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, amid growing bilateral tensions. The Mogadishu-based Sheikh Zayed Hospital, which offered free treatment mainly to poor and displaced people, closed late on Monday, a security officer at the facility, who did not want to be named for fear of

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Somali Prime Minister, Mr Hassan Khaire, on a visit to the Ministry of Health, has welcomed the Minister of Health Mrs Fowsia Abikar Nur and some of the Ministry’s staff. The Prime Minister’s visit to the Ministry of Health and public health services was provided by the public, and he then listened to the Ministry

Source: Situation Report for Cholera, Ministry of Health, Somali Federal Republic Figure 1. Number of confirmed and suspected cholera cases in Somalia reported from February 2017 through February 2018 The ongoing cholera outbreak in Somalia started in December 2017. As of 18 March 2018, a total of 1613 cholera cases, including nine deaths (case fatality