Health Initiatives
Delivering Lifesaving and Community-Based Health Interventions Across Somalia
SEDHURO delivers lifesaving and community-based health interventions across Somalia, focusing on improving access to essential healthcare for vulnerable populations, including women, children, IDPs, returnees, and marginalized communities. Through partnerships with UNICEF, UNFPA, SHF, WHO, and local health authorities, SEDHURO strengthens primary healthcare services, enhances maternal and reproductive health, and supports disease prevention and outbreak response in crisis-affected areas.
Strategic Partners: UNICEF • UNFPA • Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) • WHO • Local Health Authorities
Comprehensive Health Services
Primary Health Care
Maternal & Newborn Health
Reproductive Health
Disease Prevention
Nutrition Integration
Health Systems
Primary Health Care Services
Essential Healthcare Delivery
- Outpatient consultations
- Treatment of common illnesses
- Management of communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Referral and emergency stabilization services
- Health education and community outreach
Maternal, Newborn & Reproductive Health (UNFPA Partnership)
Protecting Women and Newborns
- Providing skilled birth attendance and safe delivery services
- Ensuring antenatal, postnatal and newborn health care
- Distributing reproductive health kits and maternity supplies
- Deploying midwives and community health workers
- Promoting birth preparedness, safe motherhood, and reproductive rights
Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
Comprehensive SRHR Services
Family planning counseling and contraceptive services, prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), adolescent reproductive health education, and community awareness on harmful practices and rights of women and girls.
Disease Prevention, Outbreak Response & Health Promotion
Emergency Health Response
- Community mobilization and risk communication
- Cholera, measles, malaria and AWD prevention and response
- Training health workers on Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
- Hygiene promotion and WASH-health integrated interventions
Nutrition-Health Integration
SEDHURO strengthens nutrition and health links by screening children and pregnant/lactating women for malnutrition, referring acute malnutrition cases to OTP/SC services, providing Vitamin A supplementation, deworming, and immunization support, and establishing Mother-to-Mother support groups on infant feeding practices.
Strengthening Local Health Systems
Building Sustainable Health Infrastructure
- Train health personnel
- Support facility management and supply chain
- Improve HMIS data collection and reporting
- Upgrade rural health posts and support mobile clinics
Transforming Health Outcomes
Through comprehensive primary health care, maternal and reproductive health services, disease prevention, and health system strengthening, SEDHURO is improving access to quality healthcare and saving lives across Somalia. Our integrated approach ensures vulnerable populations receive the care they need to live healthy, dignified lives.