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Stronger together: turning Somalia's knowledge and data into research that lasts.
Universities, health authorities, NGOs and other organisations in Somalia’s health sector hold a wealth of data and knowledge from their own work, yet few have the systems and support to turn it into research. The Research Strengthening Partnership (RSP) is MIH’s long-term partnership with these organisations.
Working alongside their staff, we help them build the skills, structures and confidence to produce their own meaningful evidence and use it in their decisions, so research becomes a normal part of how they work. By working together, Somali organisations strengthen not only their own research, but the standing of Somali research as a whole, at home and internationally.
We help partners build the skills, structures and confidence for research.
Partners produce meaningful evidence from their own data and work.
Strengthening the standing of Somali research at home and internationally.
RSP is designed for organisations that generate health knowledge or hold health data, public, private and non-profit.
Hospitals looking for a structured program for their clinical teams can find this in CREP.
Each partnership is tailored to the institution and can combine any of the following:
Practical workshops covering the full research cycle, designed for groups with mixed levels of experience, from first-time researchers to experienced staff and thesis students.
Support to set up the structures research depends on, such as research coordination and policies and procedures.
Producing research together using the institution’s own data, led by its staff, with MIH providing mentorship where needed.
Support to strengthen data systems and turn routine data into evidence that informs planning, policy and practice.
✓ Benefit 01
Staff and students with practical research skills they can keep using.
✓ Benefit 02
Research systems that continue to function beyond the partnership.
✓ Benefit 03
Evidence from their own data to guide planning, policy and practice.
✓ Benefit 04
More research reaching publication, and greater visibility for the organisation.
✓ Benefit 05
A place in a growing network of Somali organisations strengthening research together.
Every partnership starts with a conversation about the organisation’s priorities, data and current research capacity. Together, we agree a partnership plan covering the focus, activities, duration and terms that fit best, and review progress together along the way.
About your priorities, data and current research capacity.
Covering the focus, activities, duration and terms that fit best.
We review progress together along the way.
To link MIH’s research expertise with the Directorate’s regional mandate, so that health data and evidence inform planning, policy and services in Banadir and nationally.
Training, mentorship and knowledge exchange for the regional health workforce.
Joint studies to inform regional health planning and service delivery.
Strengthening health data systems and using evidence in decision-making.
MIH and the Banadir Regional Administration Health Directorate staff came together to set a shared research agenda. In sessions led by Dr Jihaan Hassan, MIH Program Director, the partners agreed priorities and selected the key studies to take forward in the first year, so that the research answers the questions that matter most for health services in Banadir.
Dr Jihaan Hassan, MIH Program Director, met with the BRA Health Directorate team to review progress on the priority studies and to plan the next steps. Regular joint reviews keep the partnership on track and focused on the region’s health priorities. Read more →
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in May 2026, and the partnership is now in its early stages.
Every partnership is shaped around the institution’s needs. Contact us to discuss how we could work with yours.
Our data. Our experts. Our future.
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