Life-saving emergency primary health care services for drought affected rural communities in Baidoa district.

About this project

ltpgtACF proposes an 8-month integrated emergency health response in Baidoa rural, addressing critical health service gaps exacerbated by recurrent drought, displacement, disease outbreaks, and the 2025 health funding contraction. Baidoa remains among Somalia’s most crisis-affected districts, hosting large IDP populations, marginalized ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities facing persistent barriers to life-saving health services. The scale-down and closure of health facilities have significantly reduced access to preventive and curative care, increasing risks of maternal and child morbidity and mortality. The proposed project will provide integrated primary health care to 46,688 (23,344 W, 10,296 G, 4,120 M and 8,928 B) through three health centers (Tier 2 facility under the EPHS) namely Salbuuy, Boonkey and Meegaagle, linked with outreach services 2-3 days per week and complemented by iCCM in access constrained locations. Services will align with EPHS, WHO, and MoH protocols and include OPD consultations, routine immunization, ANC/PNC, skilled deliveries, BEmONC referrals, communicable disease management, MHPSS, and emergency referrals to secondary care. While ACF will directly implement the project due to its technical complexity and strong operational presence in Baidoa, the action advances localization through recruitment of qualified local health staff, collaboration with CHWs, and system-level integration with national health structures. Capacity strengthen…

Published by

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs · National NGO

Countries

Somalia

Sectors

Multisector aid

Funded by

Somalia Humanitarian Fund

Implemented by

Action Contre la Faim

Accountable

Action Contre la Faim

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 19 Feb 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-SOM-25-R-INGO-38691.

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