Category: Medicine

Communities in Somali Region, Ethiopia, came together to successfully campaign for much-needed increases to the region’s health budget. THE SITUATION IN SOMALI REGION Somali Region in Ethiopia is caught in a cycle of famine, drought and conflict resulting in the displacement of children and their communities. Families on the move lose access to food, water and security, […]

In Week 23, from 30 May – 5 June 2021, a total of 6,188 movements were observed at seven flow monitoring points (FMP) across Somalia, of which 60 per cent were outgoing flows and 40 per cent were incoming flows. DTM has also collected information to monitor the specific vulnerabilities related to coronavirus among migrants. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent prevention measures (such as movement restrictions) that have been put in place by the various governments in the region continue to negatively impact the living conditions of vulnerable populations, including those of migrants transiting through Djibouti. Although the borders between Ethiopia and Djibouti have been reopened since July 2020, […]

Following the “Gu” rainy season since late April, at least 14 districts of Somalia have been impacted by widespread floods, affecting about 400,000 people, as reported by UN OCHA. This is the result of rains in Somalia but also of heavy rains in Shabelle river catchment basin upstream in Ethiopia. The hardest-hit area is the […]