Somalia: Measles Outbreak - 2016-2025 Updates

Somalia faces an intensifying humanitarian crisis driven by prolonged drought, conflict, and recurrent disease outbreaks. A multi-stakeholder shock analysis conducted in 2025 estimated that 7.5...

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI, 19th January 2026 - Somalia is facing a severe health and nutrition crisis following consecutive failed rainy seasons, soaring water prices, and drastic cuts in humanitarian aid...

The Eastern Africa region is home to some of the world’s most severe and complex humanitarian crises, with an estimated 48.5 million people - around 20 per cent of the global caseload - in need of...

HIGHLIGHTS In 2026, humanitarian conditions in Somalia are expected to deteriorate further, leaving at least 4.8 million people, including 3 million children, in urgent need of humanitarian...

CRISIS OVERVIEW Somalia is currently experiencing its 2025 Deyr rainy season, which typically occurs from October–December and plays an important role in Somalia’s food and water security (FEWS NET...

Highlights • In Q3 2025, the Hagaa dry season brought hotter and drier conditions, and concurrent outbreaks. An estimated 6.9 million people remained in need, with 6.37 million unmet by quarter’s...

Highlights ▪ During the first half of 2025, Somalia faced overlapping shocks driven by climate-related hazards, ongoing conflict, and recurrent disease outbreaks, leaving an estimated 5.98 million...

In an area affected by drought and conflict, health facilities are often out of reach for pregnant women and children. Mudug Regional Hospital is helping to fill the gaps. “Not once did they ask us...

Eastern Africa continued to be home to some of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, driven by a convergence of escalating conflicts, political instability, economic shocks, disease outbreaks,...

Key Highlights The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains highly complex, with recent events continuously exacerbating the needs of already vulnerable populations. The ongoing crisis is driven by...

When Fatima Abdi Ali, 32, experienced life‑threatening complications in her seventh pregnancy, she and her husband travelled more than 125 kilometres, crossing from Ethiopia to reach Mudug Regional...

OVERVIEW Southern and Eastern Africa is facing major health crises, with cholera emerging as one of the region’s most urgent public health emergencies. Between January and August 2025, more than...

Highlights The Gu’ rains have improved water and pasture availability in southern and central Somalia, easing drought conditions experienced in prior months. However, the heavy rains triggered flash...

RESPONSE OVERVIEW The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) estimates that 5.98 million people need humanitarian and protection assistance in Somalia, a 13 per cent reduction compared to...

Cases of measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, cholera and severe respiratory infections have risen to more than 46,000, with children under five representing about 60 per cent of these.

The humanitarian situation in Eastern Africa is rapidly deteriorating, driven by escalating conflicts, political instability, economic shocks, disease outbreaks, and extreme climate events. The...

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Highlights The Gu’ rainy season began in April with moderate to heavy rainfall across Central and Southern Somalia, and parts of Puntland, easing water and pasture shortages. However, the rains also...

Disclaimer Please note that all data contained within is provisional. The number of cases of measles and rubella officially reported by a member state is only available by July of each year (through...

30 June 2025, Mogadishu, Somalia – Mothers visited the Hamar Jajab Maternal and Child Health Centre in Banadir region on a hot morning in May, babies cradled in one arm, toddlers clinging to the...