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How FAO is training Somali farmers through the ether

Dr. Asma Ali answers readers’ questions about her work responding to polio outbreaks in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places.

"As the world continues to urbanize, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, understanding the barriers and effective interventions to improve urban immunization equity is critical to achieving both Immunization Agenda 2030 targets and the Sustainable Development Goals."

Protecting livelihoods keeps families together

Despite claims by the industry and some politicians, there are no clinically meaningful differences among the variety of vaccines approved under emergency use authorisation (EUA).There are no si

USG op-ed: Expanding vaccine access and humanitarian financing should be urgent objectives... Title USG op-ed: Expanding vaccine access and humanitarian financing should be urgent objectives for the World Bank and IMF 05 May 2021 Body A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Banadir Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, 23 March 2021. © WHO Somalia/Ismail Taxta The following op-ed, written by the President of the Center for Global Development, Masood Ahmed, and the Under-Secretary-General...

Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats Ali’s village in central Somalia often faces flooding, but this time, two cyclones also brought a rapid multiplication of locusts, yet another major threat to the food security and livelihoods of farmers in this area. ©FAO/Arete/Ismail Taxta 15/01/2021 In December 2019, Cyclone Pawan hit Ali Mahamud Rubaax’s village of Dharkeynley in Beletweyne, central Somalia. The storm’s rain caused the river levels to ...