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UNFPA Somalia
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Reliefweb:
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

UN news Africa
http://www.un.org/apps/news/region.asp?Region=AFRICA

Somali Support Secretariat http://www.somalisupportsecretariat.info/

Y-Peer network http://www.youthpeer.org

 

 
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SOMALIA STATISTICS
 
*Population .. 7.9 Million
*Life Expectancy .. ..................
*Fertility rate .. 6.8 births per woman
*Maternal mortality rate .. 1,044 deaths per 100,000 live births
*Use of modern blue contraceptive .. 1.5% of women in fertile age
*HIV /Aids prevalence .. 0.9%
*Female genital mutilation/cutting ..

98% have been circumcised with 78 % having experienced the   
Extreme form of FGM infibulated or type 3 circumcisions

*Estimated number of IDP’s .. 1.3 million.