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The award, totaling approximately $25 million from the Pandemic Fund and nearly US$120 million in co-financing and in-kind contributions from international partners and government sources, demonstrates growing international confidence in Somalia\u2019s reform efforts and in its ability to implement multi-sectoral preparedness initiatives. Somalia is part of a priority group for the Pandemic Fund due to its fragile, conflict-affected situation, in which the risk of epidemics is amplified by institutional vulnerabilities. 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