Somalia has a long history of war, conflicts, violence and political instability; this has resulted in a fragile, fragmented and weak healthcare system. Aid workers have often been targeted for carrying out life-saving humanitarian work. The country’s capacity to prevent, detect and respond to emerging and expanding health threats such as coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has been substantially lowered. The Global Health Security Index in 2019 was 16.6 out of 100, indicating that the country was unprepared to manage such epidemics (Homepage - GHS Index, n.d.
