Home › Publications & Research

Publications & Research

— Featured Publication

Research Paper ⭐ Featured

Community Health Worker-Delivered Maternal and Newborn Health Services

Evidence on CHW-led MNH interventions in fragile and conflict-affected settings across Somalia.

📅 2024    👤 EQUAL Consortium, UK FCDO    🏷️ Health Systems

Research Paper

Community Health Worker-Delivered Maternal and Newborn Health Services

Evidence on CHW-led MNH interventions in fragile and conflict-affected settings across Somalia.

📅 2024    👤 EQUAL Consortium, UK FCDO    🏷️ Health Systems

Research Paper

Rapid Assessment of Midwifery Education in Somalia and Northeast Nigeria

Mixed-methods study exploring the midwifery workforce pipeline, education quality and retention challenges.

📅 2024    👤 Johns Hopkins, IAWG    🏷️ Midwifery

Research Paper

Accelerated Education Programs: Bar ama Baro Impact Evaluation

Rigorous impact evaluation of the Bar ama Baro accelerated education programme across Federal Member States.

📅 2025    👤 Lasser Team, Purdue    🏷️ Education Policy

Research Paper

Private Sector Partnerships for Health Systems Strengthening

Analysis of governance and financing models for private sector engagement in health service delivery.

📅 2024    👤 DT Global, Swiss TPH    🏷️ Health Systems

Policy Brief

Scaling Up Community Health Workers for MNH

Policy framework for expanding the community health worker programme to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes.

📅 2024    👤 EQUAL Consortium    🏷️ Health Systems

Policy Brief

Education in Emergencies: Lessons from Bar ama Baro

Key policy lessons and recommendations for education in emergency programmes based on Bar ama Baro evidence.

📅 2025    👤 Lasser Team    🏷️ Education Policy

Policy Brief

Midwifery Workforce Development: Policy Pathways

Actionable policy pathways for strengthening midwifery education, retention and deployment across Somalia.

📅 2024    👤 IAWG, Johns Hopkins    🏷️ Midwifery

Evaluation Report

Bar ama Baro Project: Final Evaluation Report

Comprehensive final evaluation of the Bar ama Baro accelerated education programme with findings and recommendations.

📅 2025    👤 Lasser Team, Purdue    🏷️ Education Policy

Technical Publication

Rapid Assessment of Midwifery Education in Somalia

Technical assessment of midwifery pre-service education programmes, infrastructure and faculty across Somalia.

📅 2024    👤 Johns Hopkins, IAWG    🏷️ Midwifery

Technical Publication

Maternal and Newborn Health Research Dissemination Report

Synthesis of the 2023 Mogadishu MNH research dissemination workshop attended by policymakers and practitioners.

📅 2024    👤 MoH, LSHTM    🏷️ Health Systems

Evaluation Report

Federal Member State Dissemination: Bar ama Baro

Report on FMS-level dissemination activities for Bar ama Baro findings and stakeholder engagement outcomes.

📅 2025    👤 Lasser Team    🏷️ Education Policy

Article

Longitudinal Research in Post-Conflict Settings

LinkedIn article on methodology and challenges of conducting longitudinal research in fragile conflict settings.

📅 2025    👤 SORDI Team    🏷️ Education Policy

Article

Education Data Standards: SORDI's PURR Recognition

Blog post on SORDI’s dataset recognition by Purdue University Research Repository for education data standards.

📅 2025    👤 SORDI Data Team    🏷️ Education Policy

Dataset

Somalia Education Evaluation Dataset (Bar ama Baro)

Featured open dataset on Purdue University Research Repository — standardised education evaluation data from Somalia.

📅 2025    👤 Purdue University    🏷️ Education Policy

Dataset

MNH Service Delivery Indicators

Open dataset on maternal and newborn health service delivery indicators across Federal Member States.

📅 2024    👤 EQUAL Consortium    🏷️ Health Systems

Dataset

Midwifery Education Assessment Dataset

Open dataset from the rapid assessment of midwifery pre-service education in Somalia and Northeast Nigeria.

📅 2024    👤 IAWG    🏷️ Midwifery

Publications at a Glance

25

Total Publications

8

Research Papers

5

Policy Briefs

4

Evaluation Reports

5

Technical Publications

4

Articles

3

Datasets

Submit Your Research

Are you a SORDI researcher or partner? Submit your publication to be included in our open-access library.

Contribute to Somalia's Knowledge Base

Partner with SORDI to co-author research, commission evaluations or fund publications that advance Somalia’s development evidence base.