Banadir Mother & Child hospital was established in 1977 as part of Chinese government development projects to Somali people which included other infrastructures as well. The hospital is situated in the center of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

After the collapse of the former military government, professional doctors saved the hospital from the destroying militiamen and it is one of the few remaining health and medical infrastructures that are still intact.

The Federal Government of Somalia recognized the hospital as the only ‘National Referral Hospital’ in the country.

The hospital comprises three main departments:

• The maternity which offers treatment services to medical to medical and surgical conditions of pregnant and non- pregnant women similarly.
• The pediatric department deals with medical and surgical conditions for all ages of children, controls and acute watery diarrhea.
• The medical and surgical activities are also delivered routinely or as emergency forms.