sra, Author at Somali Researchers Association (SRA)

Circumcision Service Costs in Somalia

Average reported cost of circumcision services. This information is for research and public awareness only. SRA does not promote or encourage female…

SRA recorded what guns and bullets sell for in Mogadishu. Knowing the price is a first step to ending the violence.

72% of Somali children receive all three doses of the DTP vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis), the lowest rate among its neighbours.

Somalia’s maternal death rate is almost three times Ethiopia’s. Figures are estimated maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

About 1 in 10 Somali children die before their fifth birthday. Figures are deaths before age 5 per 1,000 live births.

Somalia has very few health workers for the size of its population.

Somalia has one doctor for every 30,000 people, about seven times fewer doctors per person than Kenya.

Only about 4 in every 100 births in Somalia are officially registered.

About 1,100 patients rely on just eight dialysis centres for life-sustaining treatment.

An estimated 11,000 people in Somalia live with HIV, and about 800 new infections occur every year. Early testing saves lives and treatment works.