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16-09-2008  Photo Collection  
Somalia: bringing health and hope to a beleaguered people
The ICRC has extended its support to 32 Somali Red Crescent clinics in central and southern Somalia, which have treated over 140,000 patients and provided more than 60,000 vaccinations since January 2008. The organization also continues to support the two surgical referral hospitals in Mogadishu, Medina and Keysaney.

© ICRC / P. Yazdi / so-e-00356

A nomad woman waiting for a medical consultation. Bioley, Bakool region, July 2008

"Before, when no clinics were around, the problem during childbirth was not just the lack of medicine but also the insufficient training of traditional midwives. If there were complications, you bled and you suffered. The chance of survival was 50/50. There was no medical facility, nowhere to go."




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