US EditionThe world turns a blind eye as war-torn Somalia’s hospitals crumble
U.S. aid cuts led to job losses for over 6,000 health workers and impacted 2,000 facilities, worsening healthcare amid Somalia's focus on security over public services.
- Somalia, one of the world's poorest countries, faces a health care crisis exacerbated by the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID this year, leading to over 6,000 health workers losing their jobs and up to 2,000 health facilities being affected.
- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's 'total war' against al-Shabab has reduced the frequency and intensity of bomb and gun attacks by the militants, but it has come at the expense of health care and other public services.
- Many areas outside Mogadishu don't have functioning public hospitals, forcing people to trek through often insecure areas to receive care at the few facilities still functional, which depend entirely on donor funds.
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Somalia’s healthcare system buckles as donor fatigue deepens after U.S. Aid cut
With donor fatigue increasing and foreign funding uncertain, the question facing Somalia is not just how to secure its territory—but how to safeguard the health of millions who depend on a system held together by increasingly fragile support.
A visit to Somalia’s crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare health unit presented the only hope.
A visit to Somalia’s crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare health unit presented the only hope.
A visit to Somalia's crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare health unit presented the only hope. After 15 days at Banadir Hospital, the child was deemed out of danger. “Where I […]
A visit to Somalia’s crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare health unit presented the only hope.
A visit to Somalia's crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare health unit presented the only hope.
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