Rebuilding Hargeisa Mental Health Care by Saeed Elmi

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The collapse of the Somali government in 1991, the lack of central government capable of rebuilding the destroyed infrastructure complicates the matter and the anarchy followed after the collapse of the state left Somalia without any health care facilities. Although, the rest of the country is still in turmoil, the Northern Somalia known as Somaliland, in 1991 after the collapse of the Somali state succeeded from the rest of Somalia. Since then, Somaliland has enjoyed peace and prosperity even though no government in the world recognized Somaliland as a legitimate country. The above paragraph gives a short introduction of the long and complicated history of the collapse of the Somali government; Somaliland lacks modern health care facilities, especially psychiatric facilities capable of treating people with mental illnesses. A study done by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Somaliland in 2006/2007 shows that the country?s mental health system is not functioning because of the lack of mental health facilities. The study points out that ?In Somaliland overall there are no well-functioning health and mental health structures. There is a Ministry of Health and Labor (MOHL) in Somaliland? Read Full Article