Somalia, where malaria, cholera and tuberculosis are endemic, is threatened by a health disaster after 16 years of continuous fighting that destroyed its care system.
“The country’s health infrastructure has been shattered following the protracted civil strife in the country”, said Dr. Osman Dufle, deputy chairman of the National Committee for Health Emergency Services.
“The extremely limited capacity of the Health Ministry to deliver health care and the increasing need for this care as a result of the widespread poverty and deprivation makes the country fertile soil for the spread of all kinds of diseases and ill-health”, said Dufle, formerly a junior health minister in Somalia’s transitional government.
Cholera, malaria and tuberculosis are rife in the East African country, one of the poorest in the world, with an estimated 300,000 victims of civil war begun in 1991 when the country disintegrated into lawlessness with the ouster of Barre and was divided among warlords.
2007-01-09 02:32:10 · 2 answers · asked by terbed2006 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
We tried it once. Clinton pulled us out after one day, when we were winning. Now we can't even count on the warlords fearing the American military.
2007-01-09 02:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by DOOM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do think it is up to US to stop the war in Somalia. The Somalians need to stop it themselves.
2007-01-09 05:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋