Qatar Charity Opens Health Center in Somalia

Doha, August 25 (QNA) - Qatar Charity (QC) has inaugurated a health center in Tarkinli in Banadir region in Somalia, to provide services to 20,000 residents. The health center will provide various healthcare services, including first aid, women and children healthcare services, reproductive health, diagnostic services, vaccination, laboratory, and health awareness. Addressing the opening ceremony, Banadir Governor Omar Mohamed Mahmoud extended thanks and appreciation to the State of Qatar, the government and its people for their support and contribution to help vulnerable segments of the Somali society. The regional governor stressed that the health center is a great contribution to support the Kawakdi residents and promote their wellbeing. For his part, HE Qatar's Ambassador to Somalia Hassan bin Hamza Hashem lauded the brotherly relationship between the two countries, stressing that Qatar is always keen on contributing to building the Somali state through sustainable projects and development of the Somali community, including the Mogadishu-Afgoye road project and Mogadishu Jawhar which support the Somali economy. QC Somalia Office director Abdel Nour Haj Ali Mursal said that the project aims to provide healthcare for residents of the region, and cover the needs identified by the administration of the region to support the health sector, contributing to the improvement of the health and wellbeing of the community members, and lowering mortality rates of pregnant women and children under the age of five. Qatar Charity has inaugurated health centers in a number of Somali states to support the Somali health sector, in implementation of the agreement signed with Somalias Health Ministry to deliver health projects in accordance with the sectoral strategy and the ministry's priorities. (QNA)