HEALTH
Water crisis causes stress and sickness in Banderbeyla, Bari region
(ERGO) - A severe water crisis in coastal Banderbeyla, Puntland’s Bari region, is forcing low-income families to drink contaminated salty...
Celebrated midwife brings positive change to women’s lives in Lower Shabelle
(ERGO) - Veteran midwife Maryan Abdulkadir Haji, 62, has been hailed by her community for her dedication and achievements during...
Rural communities in Lower Juba can no longer access urgent healthcare in their villages
(ERGO) - A critical lack of healthcare services due to funding cuts has left large numbers of people living in...
Undiagnosed illness spreads in Rako-Raho, Bari region, without health services to cope
(ERGO) - An unidentified disease has been spreading in Rako-Raho, Puntland’s Bari region, since early March, causing the local authorities...
Aid cuts bring misery and fear to HIV/AIDS patients in Bari region
Fadumo (her real name is concealed to protect her) is a mother of eight, struggling to survive in Boqolka-Buush internal...
Puntland’s healthcare system struggles to meet growing patient needs
When 25-year-old Osman Hassan Ali’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2024, he discovered that no facilities in...
Children die of diarrhoea and other diseases in Mogadishu IDP camps
Hawo Salah Ahmed, a mother of seven, lost her three-year-old son on 12 December 2024 after he suffered from diarrhoea...
Employment helps a young Somali overcome stigma against albinos
(ERGO) - Relaxed and confident after a more than a year in a secure job, Elmi Bile Mohamed can comfortably...
New hospital in remote village in eastern Bari region provides healthcare to drought-hit pastoralist families
(ERGO) - Farhiyo Ali Yusuf, a displaced pastoralist, was relieved to be able to deliver her third baby comfortably in...
Stigma and poverty face women with obstetric fistula in Dadaab
(ERGO) - Shamed by the constant stigma she attracts because of her fistula condition, Hindiya Abdiaziz Mohamud, 55, a refugee...
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