Puntland Statistics Department at Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation is releasing the findings of study examined the Knowledge, attitude and practices of IDP communities toward accessing WASH facilities, Child health and nutrition management, education and protection services. This followed after internally displaced communities...
There has never been a more opportune time to ensure Somalis have better access to health, education, sanitation and nutrition. With the voices of Puntlanders from 28,079 households, documented across two phases of The Puntland Health and Demographic Survey (PLHDS), presented in this report, policymakers...
GAROWE, 29th November 2020 - A new report jointly launched today by the Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation Honourable Abdiqafar Elmi Hange and the Minister of Health Honourable Jama Farah Hassan of Puntland —titled the Puntland Health and Demographic Survey (PLHDS) Report...
Globally, 1,650,210 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed whereas the death toll is at 100,376 in more than 209 countries and territories as of 10th April 2020. According to John Hopkins daily updates, the pandemic has crossed borders of...
The Somali Health and Demographic Survey (SHDS) 2020 offers policymakers, stakeholders and Somali communities current and crucial information on the health and lives of people living across the country, in urban, rural and nomadic households. Around 350 Somalis, most of whom were women with health backgrounds,...
Society in Puntland like the rest of Somali society is very patriarchal and has strict construed gender roles that do not favor women. This has a lot of implications on the woman’s life and put women in the disadvantage position compared to men. This...
The study shows more than three-quarter of the people in Puntland are under 30 years old. Like rest of Somalia the population aged 10-34 form half of the Puntland population. The adolescents and youth form a crucial part of the Puntland population since their...
Today, Tuesday the 4th of December 2018, SIDRA Institute released its 8th Policy Brief titled "Regional Integration in the Horn of Africa: Is Prime Minister Abiy's Initiative an Institution ahead of its Time?”. The Horn of Africa (HoA) region has been riddled with inter-state armed conflict, poverty, drought, extremism and famine. Dictatorships...
This document contains the main rules and guidelines for dissemination of statistics by the Puntland Statistics Department (PSD) of Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) of Puntland. It also outlines the channels through which results and information will be communicated to the stakeholders and...
The global development scene continues to experience huge challenges among them extreme poverty; inequality and injustice; and a changing climate that threatens all humanity whether in developed or less developed countries. Faced with this reality, the world came together in September 2015 and adopted 17...