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Federal Republic of Somalia

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Mogadishu is the capital city of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

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29 September 2022

Departmental news

WHO launches new initiative to stop the spread of invasive malaria vector in Africa

24 August 2020

News release

172 countries and multiple candidate vaccines engaged in COVID-19 vaccine Global Access Facility

3 March 2020

News release

Shortage of personal protective equipment endangering health workers worldwide

8 November 2019

News release

WHO aids flood-hit populations across Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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27 January 2023

Vector alert: Anopheles stephensi invasion and spread in Africa and Sri Lanka

Guidance to national malaria control programmes on specific responses to the spread of An. stephensi in Africa, as well as technical details on surveillance,...

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15 February 2021

Contraception within the context of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive lives

The rationale for the development of the country profiles is that while data on individual indicators such as child marriage prevalence or modern contraceptive...

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22 September 2017

Control of visceral leishmaniasis in Somalia: achievements in a challenging scenario, 2013–2015

The population of Somalia have endured a complex sociopolitical environment for more than 20 years, and have been confronted with a humanitarian crisis...

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