Recurrent civil conflict has blocked progress toward improving health in Somalia. Violent power struggles between political factions followed he breakdown of the government in 1991. Large numbers of civilians were displaced and warlords diverted food aid. In response, a United States-led military intervention attempted to facilitate access for humanitarian relief. While armed forces clashed in Mogadishu, food distribution was disrupted and famine continued in the south. United Nations (UN) peacekeepers followed but were unable to restore order. Of the ensuing period, Alex de Waal wrote that ‘‘centralized political authority has never reemerged’
Prepared by: Debarati Guha-Sapir, Ruwan Ratnayake
Published in: PLOS Medicine • August 2009 ; 6:8 •
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