Well trained medical personnel is the best means to lead the struggle against female genital mutilation and for a reduction of the mortality rate amongst mothers and new borns.

Hadia works together with the University Hospital Basel to promote self-help strategies together with the Edna Adan Hospital in Somaliland by providing training courses for doctors, nurses, midwives and technical personnel from throughout the country. These courses are conducted by Prof. Dr. Irene Hösli, head of the department Obstetrics and Antenatal care.

In 2019, 58 doctors and midwives attended training courses, representing training a minimum of four trained medical people from each public hospital in Somaliland.