Somalia: Ageing Situation and the Demand for Geriatric Care

Abul Hasan BakiBillah; Faisal Muhammad; Basit  Ali Haidari; Shahrukh  Rummana

doi:10.61838/kman.hn.3.1.3

Authors

Abul Hasan BakiBillah * Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh | Middle East Centre on Ageing Population, Taif, Saudi Arabia | Department of Health Economics, Bangladesh University of Bangladesh Sciences, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh | Chief Researcher of the Department of Scientific Support of Social Formation of Youth. Mykhailo Drahomanov University, Ukraine ah.bakibillah71@gmail.com

Faisal Muhammad Rehabilitation Department, York Rehab Clinic, Toronto, Canada | Chief Researcher of the Department of Scientific Support of Social Formation of Youth. Mykhailo Drahomanov University, Ukraine

Basit Ali Haidari Middle East Centre on Ageing Population, Taif, Saudi Arabia | Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Gafsa, University of Gafsa, Tunisia

Shahrukh Rummana Department of Health Economics, Bangladesh University of Bangladesh Sciences, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh

https://doi.org/10.61838/kman.hn.3.1.3

Keywords:

Ageing, Geriatric Care, Demand for Health Care, Somalia

Abstract

Due to the aftermath of decades of strikes, conflicts, and wars, Somalia's health care institutions have become fragile and crippled. Today's adult population is going to get into the elderly group. Evidence suggests that elderly people have special health care needs, including chronic care. On that ground, it is imperative to start working to strengthen the crippled health care delivery system of Somalia for meeting the demand for elderly care.

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