SOMALIA

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud of the Federal Republic of Somalia administers vitamin A drops to a child during the
launch of the new inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and measles campaign in Mogadishu, November 2015.
In November 2015, the inactivated polio vaccine
(IPV) was introduced. More than 450,000 Somali
children born each year will receive one dose of
the new vaccine as part of a routine immunization
programme.
Where possible, UNICEF has used solar power for
cold chain refrigeration and is replacing CFC-based
cold storage equipment. For vaccine storage, 147
Solar Direct Drive refrigerators were procured in
2015 to replace the kerosene-based equipment.
In the March 2015 campaign, when 99 per cent of
2.1 million targeted children were given the polio
vaccine, Vitamin A was also administered to 1.5
million of the children. In November, a 10-day
nationwide measles vaccination campaign targeting
children under 10 years of age reached more than 2
million children in Puntland and Central Somalia.
And in December, for the first time in Somalia,
the measles immunization campaign was linked
to a Birth Registration Campaign, which provided
access to a large number of unregistered children
in Somaliland.
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