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\"Somaliland<\/a>Somaliland’s maternal, infant, and child mortality rates are among the highest in the world. A rudimentary health system already beset by under-investment and neglect collapsed completely during the final years of a civil war which ended in 1991. Hospitals and clinics were looted or destroyed. Health professionals fled to refugee camps or overseas. In 2001, when Somaliland held a referendum which approved the adoption of a new constitution and confirmed the country\u2019s independence from Somalia, the provision of health care to a population estimated at two to three million remained almost non-existent.<\/p>\n

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Fouzia Mohamed Ismail was one of the highly-qualified nurses and midwives who returned to Somaliland determined to rebuild their professions. In this timely account, published a decade after the referendum, Fouzia relates what has been done to train a new generation of nurses and midwifes, to improve standards of patient care, to develop relevant training programmes, and to foster regulation of the health sector in Somaliland.<\/p>\n

Fouzia is candid about the factors which have hampered the development of accessible and professional health services in Somaliland. Many are common to other post-conflict states in Africa, and elsewhere. She explains, clearly and concisely, the way in which obstacles have been overcome. Consensual decision-making, ingenuity, community and diaspora participation, and the selection of appropriate long-term international partners are among the features of a distinctive strategy to revive the nursing and midwifery professions in Somaliland. For Fouzia, the achievement of Somaliland’s social and economic goals is dependent on improving the health of the nation.<\/p>\n

Author –\u00a0<\/strong>Fouzia Mohamed Ismail<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fouzia Ismail relates what has been done to train a new generation of nurses and midwives, improve standards of patient care and foster regulation of the health sector. 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