News: Africa 
Uganda: Children wounded in war missing out on treatment(0)
Lira–Hundreds of children injured during years of conflict in northern Uganda have been unable to obtain the specialist treatment they need for lack of funds or suitable facilities, according to a local advocacy group.
“We have registered up to 1,500 cases that require major or minor plastic surgery, but only 300 have been enlisted to have [...]
Somalia: How a “life-long madness” built Somaliland’s first teaching hospital
Hargeisa–Edna Adan Ismail became interested in health in the 1950s, seeing her doctor father struggle to treat the sick in the then British protectorate of Somaliland. She later became the first Somali woman to be appointed to an international civil service position in 1965 when she joined the UN World Health Organization (WHO) as a [...]
Yemen: Measles deaths on the rise in Saada
Sanaa–Six rounds of fighting between the army and Houthi-led rebels in northern Yemen since 2004 have prevented or limited immunization campaigns in the area and have subsequently led to a higher prevalence of measles, according to health officials.
Despite an 11 February ceasefire ending the latest clashes, up to 120 children under five have died of [...]
Yemen: Landmine awareness training for children
Amran–At al-Hamza Girls School in the northern Governorate of Amran, Afra Omar from the National Mine Action Programme (NMAP) teaches a class of 50 students about the risk of mines. She holds up photos of some of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that were found in neighbouring Saada Governorate, where are a war between the [...]
