1.5M Somalis Lose Health Care Access Amid Donor Funding Cuts, Aid Agencies Say
Thomson Reuters Foundation: Aid cuts trigger health crisis in Somalia, say relief agencies
“Some 1.5 million Somalis have lost access to health care 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. … Donor funding for health care has fallen by nearly two-thirds to $29 million in 2015 from $72 million in 2011, they said, citing United Nations data…” (Migiro, 2/22).
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