Somalia

Progress toward polio eradication--Somalia, 1998-2013.

Since the 1988 resolution of the World Health Assembly to eradicate polio, significant progress has been made toward achieving this goal, with the result that only Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan have never successfully interrupted endemic transmission of wild poliovirus. However, one of the greatest challenges of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been that of maintaining the polio...

Khat: Consumption and Problems in Somalia

INTRODUCTION Khat is known in Somalia as "qaad" or "jaad". It is a plant whose leaves and stem tips are used as stimulant or medicine in certain areas of East Africa, Madagascar and Arabia. The consumers get a feeling of well-being and mental alertness with loquacity, excitement and sometimes anxiety (Halbach 1972). To achieve the climax of such feeling, they continue chewing for four to six ho...

Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation in Somalia

Pastoralism in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia:

Conflict in Somalia: impact on child undernutrition

INTRODUCTION In Somalia, protracted conflict and drought have caused population displacement and livelihood destruction. There is also widespread childhood undernutrition. We aimed to determine the independent effects of conflict on wasting and stunting among children aged 6-59 months nationwide in Somalia. METHODS Data were from household surveys during 2007-2010, including 73 778 children i...