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Somalia


Somalia became an SWA partner in 2019. The government is represented by the Ministry of Health in the partnership. The country has developed a national WASH Policy and a Strategy Plan to be open defecation free by 2030. Both the policy and plan have been translated into local languages for adoption at the local level.

Commitments by the government

Develop the Somali WASH National Policy
100%
Develop the Somali WASH sector strategy
100%
Translate the Community-Led Total Sanitation Protocol into local language and adopt it across the country by 2019.
100%

Commitments by partners

UNICEF will support Ministry of Health in developing new Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) guidelines, protocols, training materials and a cadre of master trainers to scale up CLTS across the country.
ESA
100%
UNICEF will support finalization of National WASH Sector Strategic Plan and M&E Framework.
ESA
Reviewing progress
UNICEF will support finalization of National WASH Policy for approval by the Federal Cabinet.
ESA
Reviewing progress
Mr. Abdisalam Ibrahim Hussein
Ministry of Health
Government

Documents

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Key documents Type
2022 Country Overview: Somalia
Regional Roadmap for Africa
MAM Research 2: Strengthening Mutual Accountability in Partnerships for WASH - Summary of six country case studies
Somalia Country brief: Strengthening mutual accountability and partnerships for WASH

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