Rebuilding nursing and midwifery in Somaliland

Somaliland’s maternal, infant and child mortality rates are among the highest in the world. A rudimentary health system collapsed in the final years of the civil war which ended in 1991. Fighting forced the country’s health professionals to leave the country or flee to refugee camps. But since 2000, a small number of well-qualified, experienced nurses and midwives have returned to Somaliland determined to rebuild their professions.