Doctors in Somalia

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Doctors in Somalia

• Presented by
• Erin Slabonik
• Damian Humeniuk

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Geography

• Eastern Africa
• Borders Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean
• East of Ethiopia
• Slightly smaller than Texas

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Land, Climate, Resources

• Terrain-flat, undulating plateaus
• 1.66 arable land/ 0.04 perm. crops
• Desert
• Northeast Monsoons
• Southwest Monsoons
• Uranium, Iron ore, Tin, Gypsum, Bauxite, Copper,
  Salt, Natural Gas, Oil reserves

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Environmental Issues

• Famine
• Contaminated Water
• Deforestation
• Overgrazing
• Soil erosion
• Desertification

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People

• Population 7,753,310 (as of 1975)
• Official census by Somali Government
• Nomads/ Refugees
• Population Growth 3.46 (2002)
• Age Structure
• 0-14 44.7
• 15-64 52.6
• 65 2.7

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People cont

• Birth Rates 48.63 births/1000
• Death Rates 17.99 deaths/1000
• Infant Mortality 122.15 deaths/1000 live births
• Life Expectancy Female 48.65yrs Males 45.33yrs
• Fertility Rate 7.05 children/ 1 woman

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People cont

• Ethnic Groups
• 85 Somali
• 15 Bantu, and other non-Somali (including Arabs)
• Religions Sunni Muslim
• Languages
• Somali (Official)
• Arabic, Italian, English
• Literacy Rate 15yrs and older M49.7 F25.8

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Government

• NO PERMANENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT!
• Capital Mogadishu
• Independence July 1, 1960
• National Holiday Foundation of Somali Rep.
• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch

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Economy

• One of the worlds poorest and least developed
• GDP ppp 4.1 billion (2001)
• GDP Real Growth Rate 3
• GDP per capita/ppp 550
• Agricultural Products cattle, sheep, goats,
  bananas, sorghum, corn, coconuts, rice, sugar
  cane, mangos, sesame seeds, beans, fish

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Economy cont

• Exports 186 million
• Livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap
  metal
• Imports 314 million
• Manufactures, petroleum products, construction
  materials
• Currency Somali shilling
• 11,000 shillings/1 US

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Military

• Somali National Army under reformation
• Military Expenditures 15.3 million
• Military Expenditures GDP 0.9

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Being a Doctor in Somalia

• Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors w/o Borders)
• In Somalia since 1986
• Voluntary
• 500,000 people threatened by food shortages
• Less than 15 qualified doctors/1,000,000 people
• 72 of population has no access to healthcare
• 77 have no access to clean water
• 2 million people have been displaced or killed
  since the civil war started in 1990

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Doctor cont

• Acute malnutrition rate for the country is 17
• War casualties
• 500 new wounded everyday

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Health Services

• Biggest problem facing Somalis today
• Hospitals have a lack of funding, equipment,
  qualified staff, and drugs
• Health clinics

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Diseases Plaguing Somalia

• Leading Diseases Diarrhea, acute respiratory
  infections, cholera, malaria, TB, measles, AIDs
• Malnutrition, Dehydration, Lack of Sanitation

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