The Ministry of Health Development of the Republic of Somaliland, in collaboration with the international organization UNICEF, has conducted a key training on the use of the modern LSMS (Last Mile Monitoring System), which is designed to identify and track the supply of medicinal foods for malnourished children, especially RUTF (Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food).
The three-day training (06 – 08 May 2025) provided an in-depth analysis of the workings of the LSMS – a modern system for accounting and monitoring the traceability of RUTF medicines used to treat malnutrition.
It enhances the efficiency of drug monitoring, by recording the number of medicines received, those sent to health facilities, as well as those that have run out or are missing from health facilities.
The closing ceremony of the training was attended by the Director General of the Ministry of Health Development (WHC), officials from UNICEF, and heads of the Ministry’s Nutrition Division.
The Head of Nutrition at WHC, Abdikarin Abdale Mohamed, spoke in depth about the importance of this system in strengthening the nutrition sector, emphasizing that the LSMS will be a tool to improve nutrition services and track RUTF activity in health facilities across the country.Finally, the Director General of WHC thanked all participants in the training.
