HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-up 379 for 2-8 June 2007
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NAIROBI, 8 June 2007 (IRIN) -
DJIBOUTI: Buses take vaccinations to the people
DJIBOUTI: Pastoralists hit by delayed rains
SOMALIA: Acute diarrhoea, cholera infect hundreds in Somaliland
SOMALIA: Media shutdown silences
community voices DJIBOUTI: Buses take vaccinations to the people Saada Idriss rushed to board the bus but she was preoccupied with the task at hand - vaccinating as many children as possible in
two days. Saada, head of education at the Djiboutian health ministry, explained: "This is different from the two other [previous] campaigns. The goal is to reach more households, farther away,
hence the bus." As part of a national health team that conducted the campaign, she joined colleagues to vaccinate children against poliomyelitis (polio), measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and
tetanus - five major diseases that remain potential threats to children under five years old in the Horn of Africa country.
Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72611 DJIBOUTI: Pastoralists hit by delayed rains Pastoralists in inland areas of Djibouti are finding it increasingly difficult to feed themselves as livestock conditions deteriorate because of the
delayed onset of the March-May rains, a famine early warning agency has reported. "Milk production is practically non-existent and staple food prices are exceptionally high, further decreasing
pastoralists' already low food access following recurrent years of drought," the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) said in its latest update on Djibouti released on 5 June. Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72579 SOMALIA: Acute diarrhoea, cholera infect hundreds in Somaliland More than 600 cases of acute watery diarrhoea, some of them
confirmed to be cholera, have been reported in the Togdheer area of Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland and its capital, Hargeisa, since mid-May, a humanitarian organisation said. Some
eight people are known to have died of the disease. Aid agencies were working with local health authorities to decontaminate water sources and improve sanitation, according to N. Paranietharan,
health coordinator with the United Nations World Health Organization's (WHO) Somalia office. WHO and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have delivered treatment supplies to the affected areas,
and a health sensitisation campaign was under way, he said.
Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72599 SOMALIA: Media shutdown silences community voices The closure of
several leading radio stations by the Somali government has silenced important community voices in the war-ravaged country, a media watchdog has said. The stations, HornAfrik radio and television,
Shabelle Media Network and Radio Voice of Holy Koran, were shut down on 6 June, for alleged support of anti-government elements.
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