US EditionA visit to Somalia's crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war
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.
- This year, an Associated Press visit found Somalia's public hospitals crumbling and heavily dependent on donor funding at Banadir Hospital, Mogadishu, and De Martino Hospital, Mogadishu.
- The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID this year worsened Somalia's health funding gap, while Somali officials say their security focus on a 'total war' against Al-Shabab has hurt public services.
- Officials say U.S. aid cuts caused over 6,000 health workers to lose jobs and affected up to 2,000 facilities, while Somalia's Ministry of Health received $91 million allocated this year, mostly tied to donor-backed projects.
- Many people outside Mogadishu now lack functioning public hospitals, forcing patients from rural southern Somalia to travel insecure routes; parents avoid vaccinations as diphtheria spreads, while Banadir and De Martino hospital staff warn services may halt without United Nations and international humanitarian groups.
- With attacks reduced in recent months, Somalia's Ministry of Health is developing a contingency plan after USAID funding loss while De Martino Hospital director warns contracts with two humanitarian groups expire at the end of 2025.
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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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