Health
New York A campaign to vaccinate some 1.7 million children in Somalia was launched on Sunday by the country’s government, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). more
Somalia: UN launches lifesaving vaccination campaign for children facing measles threat
New York, Apr 26 (Just Earth News): Almost 30,000 young Somali children, many of them displaced by a searing drought, are being vaccinated against measles this week in a United Nations-backe ...
Somalia: UN-backed cholera vaccination campaign targets 450,000 people
New York, Mar 16 (Just Earth News): The Government of Somalia has launched an oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign on Thursday with the support of the United Nations health agency, target ...
Somalia: UN calls for action to curb measles outbreaks
New York, Jun 11 (JEN): Voicing deep concern that outbreaks of measles have left thousands of children in Somalia at risk of disability or death, United Nations agencies on Tuesday called f ...
