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Published in: Conflict and Health 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Letter to the Editor

A weak health response is increasing the risk of excess mortality as food crisis worsens in Somalia

Authors: Andrew Seal, Francesco Checchi, Nancy Balfour, Abdi-Rashid Haji Nur, Mohamed Jelle

Published in: Conflict and Health | Issue 1/2017

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Since 1991, Somalia has been afflicted by conflict involving factions within the country, regional powers, and international actors. Following a year of failed rains the current humanitarian situation in Somalia is extremely serious. Early warning alerts have been issued and the UN has launched an appeal aiming to prevent the onset of famine and its defining features of extreme food insecurity, malnutrition, and excess mortality [1]. Large scale distress migration has been reported with 599,000 people moving due to the crisis since November 2016, including 59,000 in the first 2 weeks of April [2]. …
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Title
A weak health response is increasing the risk of excess mortality as food crisis worsens in Somalia
Authors
Andrew Seal
Francesco Checchi
Nancy Balfour
Abdi-Rashid Haji Nur
Mohamed Jelle
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Conflict and Health / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-017-0114-0

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