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Somalia

WHO Somalia: Health Emergency Programme Update, May 2022

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HIGHLIGHTS

• 2164 community health workers (CHWs) deployed in 79 districts, including in 24 drought-affected districts where WHO is implementing drought response activities.

• 1 650 141 people reached with key messages for health promotion and disease prevention.

• 2170 COVID-19 alerts were notified by CHWs, of which 188 (9%) were validated as true by districtbased rapid response teams.

• 1546 children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and medical complications treated in stabilization centres supported by the World Health Organization (WHO).

• 5863 cases of trauma treated in health facilities supported by WHO.

• 71 triage corners established in health facilities located in drought-affected districts to support the treatment of patients in need of critical care services.
Two are functioning so far.

• Five Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) adequate for treatment of 50 000 people for three months and five paediatric kits for the management of severe cases of malnutrition with medical complications distributed to Puntland, Hirshabelle, and Jubaland states adequate for the treatment of 250 cases of SAM with medical complications.