American Univesity of Beirut

The following links concern public health in Somalia. This page will be updated regularly so please visit often. Suggest additional resources or tell us if a link is broken. Please write us at: phaw-admin@aub.edu.lb

Audio Visual Materials

• Australia for UNHCR (Aus4UNHCR):
• Maternal Health in Somalia - Interview with Roberta Russo, UNHCR Somalia - Somalia (2010)  
• Somali refugees: camps in crisis (2009) - Somalia
• Somalia - the impact of war (2009) - Somalia
• Somalia: Plight of the internally displaced (2009) - Somalia
• (NewsAlJazeera, 2012 ) نقص حاد في الأدوية والكوادر الطبية في مستشفيات الصومال
•  (TEDxTalks, 2011) -ندريب القابلات في الصومال -إدنا عدنان إسماعيل
• (aljazeerachannel, 2011) تزايد الاصابات بالأمراض بين نازحي الصومال
• (aljazeerachannel, 2010) الصومال..تكثيف الجهود للنهوض بالقطاع الصحي المتدهور
• (ArabicNewsBulletin, 2013) قطاع الصحة بالصومال يعاني نقصا بالموظفين

Books and Publications

• Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) - Special Reports on Somalia: November 2011, April 2008, December 2005, November 1997, May 1997, November 1994,  
• Special Reports of FAO/WFP Post Harvest Assessment Mission to Somalia: July 2000, September 1999, July 1998, September 1997
• PreventionWeb - Policy, Plans & Statements -  Somalia
• World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository (you can choose countries and topics) - Somalia

Centers, Associations, Organizations and Institutes

• Act for Change (ACTED) - Somalia
• Child Rights International Network (CRIN) - Somalia
• Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety - Somalia
• International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) /  Africa: Somalia
• Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor - Somalia
• Mines’ Advisory Group (MDG International) - Somalia
• National Institute of Health (Mogadishu, Somalia)
• Somalia Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education
• Somali Medical Association (Facebook page) - Somalia
• Psychology Resources Around the World - (Midle East / Africa - contains information on Arab countries in Africa) - Somalia
• United Nations Development Group (UNDG) - Somalia
• UNDP - Somalia
• UNESCO International Bureau of Education - Somalia
• UNESCWA Population Information Network (POPIN) - Somalia
• UNFPA -Somalia
• UNICEF -  Somalia
• UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) - Somalia
• United States Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs - Somalia

Data and Statistics

• Childinfo (UNICEF)
• Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MISC):  Round 5 (2012-2014): Survey results from participating countries will be available starting from the end of 2013., Round 4 (2009-2011), Round 3 (2005-2006), & Round 1 (1995): Done in Somalia, Round 2 (Tables) (2000)
• Profile of Somalia
• Countdown to 2015 - Maternal, Newborn & Child Survival (WHO Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health) - Somalia
• DataFinder, Population Reference Bureau - Somalia
• Eastern Mediterranean Regional Health System Observatory (WHO EMRO) - Somalia
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Somalia
• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI): Somalia
• Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - IHME) - Country profiles - Somalia
• Global Data Sources: Global Database on Iodine Deficiency - Somalia (WHO), Global Health Expenditure Database - Somalia (WHO) (choose "Eastern Mediterranean Region", then "Somalia" from the list to the left and click "Refresh data"), Global Health Observatory - Somalia (WHO), Global Health Fact - Somalia (Kaiser Foundation), Global Database on Anaemia - Somalia (WHO)
• GIEWS Country Briefs -  Somalia
• HPV Information Centre -  Somalia
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: Global Burden of Disease: Somalia
• International Labor Organization (ILO): Natlex, Normlex - Somalia
• MDGs Indicators (UN) - Somalia
• National Health Expenditures (WHO) - Somalia
• NationMaster.com -  Somalia
• Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011 (WHO) - Somalia
• PreventionWeb - Disaster Data & Statistics -  Somalia
• Profile of Somalia (WHO) 
• Quandl Financial & Economic Data - Somalia (check different topics to the right)
• Regional Health Observatory (click on "Somalia" on the left navigation) 
• Social Watch- Extended Data - Somalia

Step-wise Surveillance System (STEPS):

• Chronic diseases and health promotion- Impact of chronic diseas Middle East/ Africa -  Somalia
• The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC):  Health, Education
• The Tobacco Atlas - Somalia (click on "Topics" for different themes)
• Tobacco Country Profile (WHO) - Somalia
• UNESCO education country profile - Somalia
• UNICEF statistics (variety of topics) - Somalia
• World Bank Data, Development Statistics - Somalia
• WHO UNICEF review of national immunization coverage, 1980-2013 - Somalia
• WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system. 2015 global summary - Somalia
• Health systems
• Somalia - WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (2010-2014)

Programs and Initiatives/Projects

• AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (WHO EMRO) -  Somalia
• Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) - WHO EMRO: Somalia
• Humanitarian Action for Children - Middle East & North Africa (UNICEF) - Somalia
• REACH Initiative (ACTED and IMPACT Initiatives and UNOSAT) - Somalia
• Reliefweb -  Somalia
• World Food Progr​amme -  Somalia