NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – Officials from Somalia, Kenya and World Health Organization’s Polio Technical Advisory Group (TAG) will today hold a meeting in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi to assess progress made in ending outbreaks of polio-virus in both countries. According to […]
MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is stepping up measures to contain cholera outbreak in Somalia amid decline in the number of cases and deaths in the past month. The UN health agency, which cited figures from […]
MOGADISHU( Halbeeg News)- This World Polio Day, UNICEF and WHO are taking a moment to acknowledge the tremendous efforts made by the polio eradication workforce and partners over the last two decades in Somalia. By way of one recent example, […]
NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – Fifty-five people have been killed and over ten others sustained injuries when the bus they were travelling in overturned Thursday morning in Western Kenya. The police initially reported deaths of 42 but the death toll rose […]
NAIROBI (Halbeeg News) – Security agencies hunting Al-Shabaab militants who fled on Monday at Taksile in Pandanguo have cautioned hospitals in Lamu, Tana River, and Garissa counties against treating individuals with gunshot wounds. On Monday, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice recently for the country of Somalia because of a polio outbreak there. An outbreak of polio has been reported in Mogadishu and the Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions […]
Ten new cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) have been reported in Wajir County which shares border with Somalia barely a week after the disease killed five. The virus of the disease is transmitted to human beings by mosquitoes. Among […]
Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian on Tuesday visited China-funded health facility in Mogadishu’s Wadjir district where about 15,000 Somali children are receiving medical care. The Mother to Child Care project run by the UN children’s fund (UNCIEF) benefited from […]
Mandera County government has increased surveillance after Rift Valley Fever broke out in northeastern region. The county which has long border with Somalia has put in place measure to avert the epidemic disease. Mandera Director for Veterinary Services Claudio Sortum […]
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