Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre (far right) and other officials launching the new blood bank in Mogadishu on 5 August 2023. PHOTO | SOMALIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Somalia has launched a blood bank in Mogadishu, a first for the country in 30 years in what donors said could help the country’s emergency responses.
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre presided over the launch on Saturday, reviving the country’s collapsed blood ban that had initially been established in 1976 but collapsed in 1991 alongside other state institutions during the civil war.
