Hano Academy

Covid 19

Life at Hano Academy

With healthcare infrastructure incapacitated by decades of conflict, Somalia needs to respond rapidly and innovatively to prevent the worst impacts of COVID-19. 

The United Nations Somali profiled Dr. Sadiyo Siad as a local innovator who assembled her team at Hano which comprised of students and teaching staff whose many achievements now include developing affordable and reusable face masks with filters, face shields, handwashing soaps, lab coats, and handwashing tanks 

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