The UN health agency said Sunday it is suffering a funding gap of 5 million U.S. dollars required to maintain its first line health response operations in Somalia. He said the good cooperation between WHO and the health ministry has succeeded in building qualified national capacities to expand the outbreak management training program at the community level. Popal was speaking when he opened a two-day cascade training on case management of Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD)/cholera for 250 community health volunteers from six cholera hot spot districts in Banadir region of Mogadishu. According to the WHO, over 800 health and community health workers received trainings on AWD/Cholera case management supported by as of November. Between January and November, a total of 78,596 cases with 1,159 associated deaths were reported from 55 districts in 19 most affected regions of Somalia, WHO said.

Source: Pakistan Today December 03, 2017 12:56 UTC