HEALTH
HIV/AIDS stigma makes Somali widow in Kismayo an outcast
(ERGO) - Halima (not her real name) has been living with HIV/AIDS for the past two years in the southern...
No masks, gloves or oxygen in Mogadishu hospital, says grieving husband who lost pregnant wife to COVID19
(ERGO) - Mohamed Abdi Afi, a resident of the Somali capital Mogadishu, has started a campaign to support the city’s...
Somaliland street children reunited with families and back in school
(ERGO) - Zeynab Osman Ahmed was reunited with her 14-year-old-son Ahmed Arab Ahmed this month after an absence of five...
Fewer Somali girls in Adado being subjected to the full cut
(ERGO) - A local women’s group in central Somalia says it has seen a decrease in the number of girls...
Somali school in Luq sets strict standards to contain Coronavirus
(ERGO) – A school in the southwestern Somali town of Luq has put in place special measures to prevent the...
Somali mothers face suffering in district without a single health facility
(ERGO) - Shamso Farah Mohamed, a mother of seven and pregnant, is anxious about her next childbirth as there is no...
Somali doctors worried by rise of COVID19 in southern Beled-hawo district
(ERGO) - Doctors in the southern Somali border town of Beled-hawo are concerned about rising numbers of Coronavirus cases, with reports...
Somalis living with HIV/AIDS lose jobs due to Coronavirus
(ERGO) - Ismahan (not her real name), a single mother living with HIV/AIDS in Somaliland, has been depending on food...
Somali schoolgirl’s Corona fears at school without precautions
Schools in Puntland and in other parts of Somalia reopened August and September following a relaxation of lockdown measures imposed...
COVID19 cases rise among Somali media in Puntland
(ERGO) - Eight reporters working for public and private media houses in Puntland state of Somalia have contracted COVID19 over...
