Somalia: bringing health and hope to a beleaguered people


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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.

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Village girls visit the new clinic. Bioley, Bakool region, July 2008

Faduma and her four children live in Bioley. She brought her son to the new clinic for a medical consultation.

"Before, without a clinic here, we had to walk 15 km to get treatment for the children. The traditional midwife came to our house but she has only a razor or a knife to cut the umbilical cord. In the clinic hygiene is good and they have the equipment and material to manage childbirth."

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