Challenges and opportunities in controlling and eradicating neglected tropical diseases: Public and private health operators in Somalia 2025
NTD progress in Somalia is constrained by financing, capacity, and coordination gaps, but integrated, feasible interventions exist: multi-year financing tied to performance; competency-based upskilling for clinicians/CHWs; standardized CHW-facility referral feedback and digitized reporting within IDSR/DHIS2; formalized PPPs for commodities/reporting/supervision; and climate-aware vector control with WASH messaging prioritized for IDP-dense, flood-prone districts.
Authors
- Abdirahman Aden Hussein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7777-0580)
- Mohamed Mohamoud Hassan
- Marian Muse Osman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1514-5427)
- Ayan Nur Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5892-7928)
- Mohamed Farah Yusuf Mohamud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3719-3729)
- Abdirahman Moallim Ibrahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9134-8795)
- Rage Adem
- Ashraf Ali
- Khadar Hussein Mohamud
- Saadaq Adan Hussein
- Abdinur Hussein Mohamed
- Hassan Ahmed Mohamed
- Mohamed MAli Fuje
Institutions
- Prime Minister's Office (BN)
- Somali National University (SO)
- University of Somalia (SO)
- Banadir Hospital (SO)
- Benadir University (SO)
- Jazeera University (SO)
- Mogadishu University (SO)
- SIMAD University (SO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tropical Medicine and Health
- Published
- 2025-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-025-00885-4
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00