AXADLE, Somalia, June 14, 2026 – Puntland State moved on Sunday to tighten control over its drug supplies with the launch of a digital inventory system designed to reduce medicine shortages and bring greater transparency to the region’s health sector.
In Garowe, the Puntland State Ministry of Health introduced the Integrated Pharmaceutical Warehouse Inventory Management System in collaboration with Population Services International (PSI), a global health organization working in the region.
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The rollout falls under the wider, multi-million-dollar “Damal Caafimaad” project, an initiative aimed at widening access to essential health services across the Horn of Africa nation.
“This system represents a critical step toward modernizing our health logistics and ensuring the delivery of high-quality medical services,” Puntland State’s Minister of Health, Mohamed Abdirahman Mohamed (Faroole), said during the launch ceremony in Garowe.
The platform gives health officials real-time visibility into stock levels, supply routes and medicine usage across government health facilities.
“It empowers the Ministry of Health and relevant stakeholders to track our medical assets constantly, which will significantly enhance accountability, transparency, and the overall quality of healthcare,” the minister added.
For years, Somalia’s health system has struggled with the aftershocks of conflict, limited institutional capacity and persistent transport and storage challenges, conditions that have often disrupted the movement of essential medicines and opened the door to counterfeit drugs.
Abdiqani Hirsi, the head of PSI in Puntland State, said the automated system would help make sure life-saving medicines reach frontline facilities without interruption.
The launch drew senior officials, including State Minister for Health Ali Mohamed Osman, Deputy Health Minister Maryan Osman Ahmed, and representatives of several international development partners.
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