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ReviewJournal of healthcare leadership2026

Tuberculosis in Somalia: A Narrative Review of Epidemiology, Health System Challenges, and Future Directions.

Jamal Hassan Mohamoud, Mohamed Hussein Adam, Ahmed Mahad Sheikh Mohamed, Mohamed Adam Mahamud, Hodo Aideed Asowe

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Review in Journal of healthcare leadership, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Reimagining tuberculosis detection in Somalia: from passive to active case finding.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jamal Hassan MohamoudDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.ORCID 0000-0002-6593-271X
Mohamed Hussein AdamDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.ORCID 0000-0002-4077-6992
Ahmed Mahad Sheikh MohamedDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Mohamed Adam MahamudDepartment of Microbiology and Laboratory Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.ORCID 0000-0002-0123-7726
Hodo Aideed AsoweDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia.ORCID 0009-0001-9586-3014

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge in Somalia, a country affected by prolonged conflict, population displacement, and fragile health systems. Despite global progress in TB control, Somalia continues to report a high burden of disease, with substantial gaps in the detection, treatment coverage, and management of drug-resistant TB. This narrative review synthesizes the available evidence on the epidemiology of TB in Somalia, examines the health system and socio-environmental determinants of transmission, reviews the national TB control response, and highlights key challenges and future directions for TB elimination. Strengthening surveillance, expanding access to diagnostic and treatment services, integrating TB care within primary healthcare, and addressing social determinants are critical for accelerating TB control in Somalia.

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drug-resistant tbhealth systemsnarrative reviewpublic healthsomaliatuberculosis

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PMID41869678
PMCPMC13000748

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