Programmes & projects
Public health programmes
Immunization, malaria elimination, community health, outbreak preparedness and the projects delivered with our partners.
ActiveExpanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
Routine childhood vaccination, catch-up campaigns and cold-chain management across Puntland. World Immunization Week 2026 (24–30 April) expanded vaccination sessions and school and community awareness.
With UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
ActiveMalaria Elimination Programme
The Ministry is committed to eliminating malaria in Puntland. Reported cases fell from a peak of 12,378 in 2017 to 373 in 2025, with 127 cases recorded in January–March 2026.
With World Health Organization (WHO)
ActiveMarwo Caafimaad — Community Health Workers
Trains women from remote villages and districts as community health workers. The second phase opened on 27 July 2026 with 84 trainees on a 30-day course.
With UNICEF
ActiveHealth Facility Cost Recovery
A cost-recovery policy for public health facilities approved by the Council of Ministers in April 2026 and piloted in five Bari region hospitals under the CHASP project, with community-hospital committees for transparency.
With Save the Children, Switzerland (SDC) & Sweden (Sida)
ActiveOutbreak Preparedness & Response
Surveillance, rapid response and public alerts for cholera/AWD, measles, diphtheria and Ebola readiness. A public Ebola alert was issued on 20 May 2026 following WHO-reported outbreaks abroad; no cases were recorded in Puntland or Somalia.
With UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Save the Children
ActiveNational TB Programme (NTP)
Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of tuberculosis, including drug-resistant TB, hosted in the Department of Public Health.
With World Health Organization (WHO), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
ActivePharmaceutical Supply Chain & Warehouse Inventory (WMIS)
An integrated pharmaceutical warehouse inventory management system launched in June 2026 to track medicine stock, distribution and consumption in real time and reduce shortages.
With Population Services International (PSI)
ActiveHealth Management Information System (HMIS)
The Ministry's digital health information systems — HMIS, HRMIS and WMIS — used by facilities and regional offices for routine reporting.
ActiveNutrition SBCC Strategy 2025–2030
Social and behaviour change communication strategy for nutrition, reviewed in a stakeholder meeting opened by the Deputy Minister in July 2026.
With UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP)
Development projects
Recent projects
CHASP — Cost recovery pilot in five Bari hospitals
Pilot of the health cost-recovery policy in five hospitals of Bari region, implemented by Save the Children under the CHASP project, with community-hospital committees for transparency and governance.
Save the Children, Switzerland (SDC) & Sweden (Sida)
Diphtheria outbreak response 2025
35 outreach and mobile teams deployed in Galkacyo, Jariban, Goldogob and Qardho reached 48,116 people, including 13,590 children under five, in response to the 2025 diphtheria outbreak (482 cases and 27 deaths reported by epi-week 27).
Save the Children, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
AWD / cholera response — Bosaso and Qardho
Integrated WASH and health response to the 2024 acute watery diarrhoea / cholera outbreak, including equipped treatment sites at Bosaso General Hospital.
Save the Children
Damal Caafimaad — Improving Healthcare Services in Somalia
World Bank-financed project delivering the essential package of health services; Nugaal is the Puntland target region. A follow-on project (P511167) was approved in September 2025 and should be confirmed on projects.worldbank.org.
World Bank
Support to Strengthening Health Systems in Puntland (SSHSP)
German-funded programme implemented with UNICEF since 2017. It built or rehabilitated 12 health centres and rehabilitated Garowe General Hospital, handed over in September 2024.
UNICEF, Germany (BMZ / KfW)
UNICEF-supported health facilities in Mudug and Nugaal
Programme covering 43 health facilities in Mudug and Nugaal: more than 700,000 outpatient consultations, 130,000+ children under one vaccinated and 130,000+ nutrition treatments reported by UNICEF.
UNICEF