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Health and Nutrition Deep Dive discussions for Kahda, Deynille and Garasbaley Districts in Banadir Region

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Date: 19th May 2025,

Venue: Peace Hotel.

Organized by: Nutrition Cluster/ OC/ABC

Logistical support: NRC

Executive Summary

On 19 May 2025, a multi-stakeholder deep-dive session was convened in Mogadishu to review urgent health and nutrition needs across Kahda, Deynille, and Garasbaley Districts in Banadir Region.
The meeting brought together over 30 frontline staff and stakeholders, including partner organizations, stabilization center supervisors, and cluster representatives. Facilitated by the Nutrition Cluster in collaboration with OCHA and the ABC team, the session aimed to identify highburden catchments and mobilize immediate action for areas facing critical service gaps.

Data reviewed from March–April 2025 highlighted a dangerous convergence of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD), and measles outbreaks in specific catchments—particularly CA22–24 in Deynille, CA04, CA08, and CA15 in Kahda, and CA01–CA03 in Garasbaley. These areas are also home to a large number of internally displaced persons (IDPs), most of whom originate from Bay, Lower Shabelle, and Bakool regions.

The analysis revealed that nutrition and WASH conditions are tightly interlinked, with high diarrhoea incidence directly contributing to SAM rates, especially in settings with poor immunization coverage, low hygiene standards, and limited access to health services. Several high-burden catchments, including CA23, CA24 (Deynille), CA04, CA15 (Kahda), and CA11 (Garasbaley), have either no or severely overstretched humanitarian presence, leaving vulnerable populations reliant on distant or overburdened services.

The discussions led to a clear set of district-level action plans, ranging from outreach scale-up, joint assessments, rationalization of services, integration of WASH/Nutrition/FSL, and improved targeting of displaced and marginalized populations. Participants also emphasized the need for joint monitoring frameworks and improved real-time tracking of partner presence and service gaps.