A retrospective data analysis of psychiatric cases in Hargeisa, Somaliland between 2019 and 2020.

Background: In Somaliland, an estimated one person in every two households suffers from psychiatric disorders. Despite this, access to mental health care is limited because of shortages in facilities, human resources, funding and stigma.

Aim: To present the proportion of psychiatric disorders encountered in outpatient psychiatry clinics.

Reporting on neurological burden in Hargeisa, Somaliland between 2019 and 2020: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Objectives: To characterize the disease burden of neurological cases in Hargeisa, Somaliland between January 2019 and June 2020 in order to shape clinical guidelines and develop policy interventions pertaining to brain health in the region.

Methods: In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, data was obtained from a case log of de-identified patients seen over an 18-month period. This case log was pulled from Hargeisa's three major city hospitals.