A free mobile clinic and breastfeeding education programme at Qorax camp for displaced people in Dhobley, run with Somalia’s Ministry of Health and Human Services during World Breastfeeding Week 2022.
Qorax camp in Dhobley District, Jubaland State, houses people who have already lost their homes. What they have not lost is the ordinary need for medical care, which a displacement camp is rarely equipped to meet.
During the commemoration of World Breastfeeding Week 2022, BADEF ran an education and support programme alongside a free mobile clinic at the camp, in collaboration with Somalia’s Ministry of Health and Human Services. The theme that year was Step Up For Breastfeeding: Educate and Support.
Breastfeeding support carries unusual weight in a displacement setting. It depends on no cold chain, no supply line and no permanent building, and it protects an infant at the point where displacement is most dangerous to them. Bringing the clinic to the camp removes the last obstacle, which is the journey itself.
Training for frontline staff in Afmadow, Lower Juba, covering emergency obstetric and newborn care alongside gender integration and a module on gender-based violence.
Read more : Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care trainingThe team visited residents of an internally displaced persons camp in Dhobley District, Jubaland State, and distributed medical supplies.
Read more : Medical supplies for IDP camp residents in DhobleyWorking through community elders in Merka, Lower Shabelle, the team ran COVID-19 awareness sessions and distributed masks and gloves to residents.
Read more : Awareness campaign for stopping the spread of COVID-19
