Violence has flared up in Somalia while the country is deep in the throes of a punishing drought. The number of mass casualty incidents related to the armed conflict have increased by 30 % as recorded by four major hospitals supported by the ICRC.
A long read on ICRC Health response. The ICRC's health work is aimed at ensuring that people affected by conflict can can access basic health care. In Somalia, the ICRC has worked for decades with the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) to support existing health care services in providing emergency care. Today, the ICRC supports regularly four hospitals as well as 27 primary
Madina is Somalia's de facto war hospital and over the years it has become somewhat a barometer for Mogadishu's insecurity. In a year marked with simmering tensions due to the ongoing polls and Somalia's fractious government, the hospital's whiteboard of numbers serves as a bulletin board of emergencies.Hospital staff still remember what marks four years since a huge bomb