TAILIEUCHUNG - EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA: Somalia

As the global community continues to scale up health interventions for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and other priority areas, it is essential to understand the state of the health systems in which these services are being delivered. Good health systems should deliver effective, safe, quality health services to those in need with as much efficiency as possible within local country settings. Strengthening Uganda‟s health system requires an understanding of its unique strengths and weaknesses. This Health System Assessment (HSA) will provide an overview of key system functions organized around six technical modules, which are aligned with the World Health Organization‟s. | EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Somalia Somalia has endured a complex socio-political environment for 20 years alongside extreme poverty food insecurity conflict and instability. Despite a 25 per cent drop since 2009 in the number of people in need of humanitarian assis-tance1 largely as a result of above-average 2010 rains an estimated 2 million people - a staggering 27 per cent of the entire population - continue to require humanitarian assistance. Only 29 per cent have access to clean Somali women and children caught up in the country s reduced circumstances are at increased risk of disease and undernutrition routinely experience violations of their human rights and face limited access to essentials for a healthy life health care education adequate food and safe drinking water. The South Central Zone of Somalia is the epicentre of the crisis. The conflict here generates some of the highest numbers of forcefully displaced persons in the world. More than 80 per cent of those in need of humanitarian assistance in the country live here. The UN estimates there are roughly million internally displaced persons in Somalia3 - 19 per cent of the country s population. UNICEF works with more than 100 partners including the Government of Somalia other UN agencies NGOs and local communities to provide emergency relief in line with the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action. The organization is the largest provider of water education primary health care and nutrition services in the country. Results achieved for children thus far are a testimony to the dedication of partners and national staff as they seize opportunities within Somalia s volatile context to reach out and assist vulnerable people. UNICEF has existing practices in the Somalia country programme ensuring that the most disadvantaged persons are identified. This includes internally displaced persons pastoralists the urban poor girls and children caught up in armed conflict. To make significant

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• Intimate Relationship
• Stomatal Responses
• Stress and Air Humidity
• Genetics and Adaptation
• Plant Genes
• Abiotic Stress
• Abiotic Stres