Emergency Preparedness and Humanitarian Action Newsletter - Dec 2009

Source: World Health Organization (WHO)

The Emergency Preparedness and Humanitarian Action (EHA) Newsletter provides a summarized overview of the current humanitarian health situation in Somalia and activities that WHO is carrying out in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

The newsletter is issued on a monthly basis and is available online at www.emro.who.int/somalia/ CollaborativeProgrammes-eha.htm

Health events & situation overview

Banadir Region

- On 3 December, a suicide bomber at Banadir University (Mogadishu) killed at least 15 people, including the Minister of Health, Dr Qamar Aden Ali, teaching staff of the medical college and recently graduated medical students at their graduation ceremony. More than 50 people were injured, 13 of which were injured seriously and transferred to Nairobi.

- Between weeks 42 and 51, a total of 696 cases of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) were reported including 86% (594) children under the age of 5 years of which 84% (499) were aged under 2 years. 17 deaths were reported of which 82% (14) were children under 2 years (case fatality rate of 2.44%).

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