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IOM Somalia Supports New Telemedicine Enhancement for Migrants and Host Communities - Somalia

IOM Somalia Supports New ‘Telemedicine’ Enhancement for Migrants and Host Communities Format A healthcare worker screens a patient at the entrance of IOM’s supported Maternal Health Clinic in Garowe, Puntland, August 2020 © IOM Somalia/Tobin Jones Mogadishu Somalia s health system has been in a severely weakened state for decades due to conflict and humanitarian crises which have led to the displacement of more than 2.6 million Somalis. Moreover, frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19 and other threats of epidemic potential often have limited expertise and experience treating critically ill patients. That lack of diagnostic resources, coupled with very limited modern medical technology, can create havoc in a public health emergency.

UN donates telemedicine devices to boost healthcare services in Somalia

1:07 AM MYT MOGADISHU, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) The UN migration agency said Friday it has donated telemedicine devices to help Somalia provide improved healthcare services in hospitals and clinics across the country. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said through funding from the multi-donor Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF), it handed over digital devices and office equipment to the ministry of health to support the introduction of telemedicine in Somalia s health system. This project will link doctors in Somalia with experts abroad and in other parts of the country to complement the diaspora program which physically places diaspora doctors in the country, Kerry Kyaa, IOM s Senior Health expert, said in a statement issued in Mogadishu.

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