Somali Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre and Jubbaland State President Ahmed Mohamed Islam inaugurated the new Ministry of Health building in Kismayo on Monday.
TheΓΒ modernΓΒ building’sΓΒ inaugurationΓΒ coincidesΓΒ withΓΒ effortsΓΒ byΓΒ SomaliΓΒ authoritiesΓΒ toΓΒ preventΓΒ waterborneΓΒ diseasesΓΒ andΓΒ addressΓΒ theΓΒ humanitarianΓΒ crisisΓΒ broughtΓΒ onΓΒ byΓΒ ElΓΒ NinoΓΒ rains,ΓΒ asΓΒ notedΓΒ byΓΒ PrimeΓΒ MinisterΓΒ Barre.
The heads of the Jubbaland Ministry of Health were also briefed by Prime Minister Barre on the federal government’s plans to address the effects of the heavy rains in Jubbaland regions, particularly in the Gedo region, following flooding from the Jubba River in several districts.
TheΓΒ devastatingΓΒ floodsΓΒ thatΓΒ haveΓΒ affectedΓΒ 2.3ΓΒ millionΓΒ peopleΓΒ inΓΒ SomaliaΓΒ haveΓΒ claimedΓΒ theΓΒ livesΓΒ ofΓΒ atΓΒ leastΓΒ 96ΓΒ people,ΓΒ accordingΓΒ toΓΒ theΓΒ SomaliaΓΒ DisasterΓΒ ManagementΓΒ AgencyΓΒ (SODMA)ΓΒ onΓΒ Saturday.
TheΓΒ IndianΓΒ OceanΓΒ DipoleΓΒ isΓΒ aΓΒ climateΓΒ patternΓΒ associatedΓΒ withΓΒ oceanΓΒ seaΓΒ surfaceΓΒ temperatures,ΓΒ whereasΓΒ ElΓΒ NinoΓΒ isΓΒ aΓΒ climateΓΒ patternΓΒ thatΓΒ happensΓΒ everyΓΒ twoΓΒ toΓΒ sevenΓΒ years.
Healthcare provision in Somalia is a patchwork of solutions. While the situation has improved since the war, services are often expensive.
With less than 30% of Somalis having access to health services and only 11% of children receive basic vaccinations, theΓΒ new health care biulding will play instrumental role in quenching health needs of Jubaland region .
