Somalia

Exploring Hematological Parameters and Their Prognostic Value in Adult COVID-19 Patients: Insights from Mogadishu, Somalia

Advances in Hematology This article aims to assess hematological changes in COVID-19-infected patients at some selected hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia. Journal Article

Read More

Estimation of Epidemiological Parameters and Ascertainment Rate from Early Transmission of COVID-19 across Africa

Royal Society Open Science This article reconstructs the initial transmission of COVID-19 in 54 African countries (including Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, and Tunisia) using a deterministic mathematical model accounting for under-reporting and various levels of severity of infections. Journal Article

Read More

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards COVID-19 Pandemic among Health Workers in Bosaso, Somalia

Central African Journal of Public Health This article aims to determine healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 in Bosaso, Somalia. Journal Article

Read More

The Importance of Community Health Workers as Frontline Responders during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Somalia, 2020–2021

Frontiers in Public Health This article examines the contribution of community health workers as frontline responders for the community-based surveillance in Somalia during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic for detection of COVID-19 cases and identification of contacts. Journal Article

Read More

Backsliding on Childhood Immunizations Due to Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study in Banadir Region, Somalia

The African Journal of Infectious Diseases This article aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood immunization coverage in Somalia. Journal Article

Read More

Self-Medication Practices against COVID-19 Infection and Awareness among Residents of Mogadishu, Somalia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

PLOS One This article aims to evaluate the awareness of COVID-19 and the prevalence of self-medication during the pandemic among residents in Mogadishu, Somalia. Journal Article

Read More

Population-Based Sero-Epidemiological Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Somalia

Journal of Infection and Public Health This article aims to explore the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia by measuring the seroprevalence of antibodies to the virus in the general population. Journal Article

Read More

Photo Story: Looking Back at the COVID-19 Response in Somalia

International Rescue Committee This article delineates the response to COVID-19 in Somalia including the lack of resources, the spread of false or incomplete information about COVID-19, and unequal distributions of COVID-19 vaccines which were all determining factors in the low vaccination rates. Article

Read More

The Impact of COVID-19 on Microfinance Institutions in Somalia

Journal of Islamic Economics This article aims to investigate how COVID-19 has affected microfinance institutions in Somalia by conducting a case study in Mogadishu and Hargeisa. Journal Article

Read More

Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination Rate in Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Hospital in Mogadishu Somalia: A Cross-sectional Study

Somalia Turkiye Medical Journal This article aims to determine the COVID-19 vaccination rate among healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Journal Article

Read More