by Luke Garcia
There happens to already be so many problems in Somalia. Especially with there disastrous drought and their conflicts with Somalia's political structure. In addition, they now must face a destructive health crisis. A key organization by the name of The World Health Organization has stated that their office in the Eastern Mediterranean has had a reported 6000 cases of diarrhea and cholera in just one hospital since January just this year. Even, Somalia's largest hospital Banadir Hospital has been flooded with recent cases with the same symptoms and signs. The drought has caused many people to get the infection by drinking unclean and unsafe water. This in effect, causes malnutrition and fatal cases of dehydration. Hospital workers have tried to emphasize the importance of hydration. However, even with intensive medical care and hydration most will still not survive. Children are feeling the health crisis the most as over 190 children have been hospitalized in a small timetable. Adults have also felt the crisis as 100 adults have become ill as well within the same timetable. To make it worse, over 45 percent of AWD related deaths have been among children under 2. The organization is striving and have been building up their supplies while also working on the conflict near Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. They have stated that the number of AWD cases will rise even more between now and October.and Geneva Schlottman
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/22/world/africa/somalia-health-crisis/index.html
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