Aid Cuts Trigger Health Crisis in Somalia

Some 1.5 million Somalis have lost access to healthcare over the last two years as around 10 hospitals have closed or cut back their services due to aid shortages, relief agencies said on Monday. The figure includes 300,000 children under five who can no longer get vaccinated against major childhood killers like measles or treated for diarrhea, which is often fatal, the agencies said. Donor funding for healthcare has fallen by nearly two-thirds to $29 million in 2015 from $72 million...

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