The project builds capacity of health care and social work professionals to recognize signs of trafficking in human beings, to understand health consequences of exploitation, and to make correct and timely referrals of victims to the available specialized assistance.

This project aims to help victims of trafficking to receive timely and adequate health care services through improved recognition and understanding of consequences of abuse and exploitation to the health and wellbeing of victims and aiding in timely referral to health care and other support available to them.

The overall objective of the proposed pilot project is to facilitate sharing of expertise among Nordic health care professionals and counter-trafficking actors to enhance health sector capacity to identify and respond to the needs of victims of trafficking.

The overall objective of this proposal is to contribute to stabilization in South Central Somalia through increasing access to basic services (health and education) and creating employment opportunities for the youth.

The objective of the Phase III project is to “contribute to improved health outcomes in Puntland and Somaliland by strengthening public health institutions in line with government priorities”. The project will incorporate the recommendations identified in the external MIDA FINNSOM Health Project Review & Assessment, placing an ultimate emphasis on sustainability through knowledge transfer.

The current proposal builds on the successes and lessons learned during the pilot project implemented in the period 2008-2009. Aiming at contributing to the development of a well-functioning health system and well-performing health workforce in Northern Somalia this project proposes a mechanism to facilitate the temporary assignments in Northern Somalia for up to 50 Somali and Finnish health professionals.