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Emergency Humanitarian Action Weekly Highlights 14-20 May 2011

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BULLETIN HIGHLIGHTS

• From 1-15 May 2011, 933 weapon related- injuries were reported by three major hospitals in Mogadishu, 398 cases or 43% were children under the age of five. During April 2011, only 3.5% were children younger than five among the reported casualties.

• From 14-15 May 2011, WHO in collaboration with Puntland and Galmudug ministries of health trained more than 40 health workers on AWD/cholera prevention, case detection and management. The health workers are from 9 districts of Galgaduud and Mudug and are now fully skilled to assist an estimated population of 780 000 people.