The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to improving the standards of medical service delivery in the war-affected health facilities in northern Ethiopia. On Wednesday WHO donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau. The ambulance was procured with funding from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as part of […]
28th November, Kampala – Plastic waste recycling in Uganda has been given a boost after leading logistics company DHL International (Uganda) signed a partnership with Plastic Recycling Industries, an initiative of Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU), to supply it with plastic waste. Samuel Kangave, Manager of Plastic Recycling Industries, emphasized the company’s commitment to sustainable waste […]
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 (DAA) for Africa, Tyler Beckelman, […]
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 said more than 90% of […]
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. […]
A Somali official said he is “disappointed” that little has been done to address loss and damage to nations vulnerable to climate change at the U.N. climate conference. Mohamed Osman Mahmoud, an economic advisor to the Somali president, said he wanted to see “structured dialogue with accountability, with legally binding structure.” He said that the […]
“Implementation of Climate Actions and Africa’s Responses for a Just and Sustainable Transition” was the theme for the Africa Day held on the margins of the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. In his remarks, during the […]
The African Union, the African Development Bank Group and Africa50—in partnership with several global partners—have launched the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA), an initiative to help scale and accelerate financing for green infrastructure projects in Africa. The collaborating global partners working with the African Union, African Development Bank and Africa50 are the African […]
The United National Population Fund (UNFPA) has sent out an appeal for $113.7 million for its Response Plan for the Hon of Africa Drought crisis to respond to women and girls escalating needs to scale up the delivery of life-saving reproductive health and protection services. UNFPA said a catastrophe is unfolding in Somalia. “The country has […]
Brazzaville, 3 November 2022 ‒ New analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn Africa have reached their highest-ever level this century, deepening a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger. Most […]
Plan International is currently implementing its drought response and famine prevention program several regions of Somalia and Somaliland. According to a report by the relief body, areas targeted are in Maroodi-jeh, Sool, Sanaag and Togdheer regions in Somaliland and Bay and Lower Juba regions in Somalia. Local partners include YOVENCO, TAAKULO, GREDO, and NAFIS Network […]
Joseph Ndung’u, This spring, three African countries recognized a major milestone: Benin, Rwanda, and Uganda have each been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating at least one form of sleeping sickness as a public health problem. This brings the world a significant step closer to meeting the WHO target of global elimination […]
Prejudice and discrimination against HIV/AIDs patients in Somalia remains at a very high level. Those suffering with the disease find it difficult, if not impossible to mingle with the rest in the society. Accessing employment opportunities is not easy while at the same time even landlords refuse to house victims of the disease. Most of […]