NHPC Meets DataFlow Group in Dublin to Advance Credential Verification

The Secretary General of the National Health Professionals Council (NHPC), Mr. Mohamed Adow, held a working meeting in Dublin, Ireland, with the leadership of DataFlow Group — an international company specialising in the verification of professional credentials and qualifications for practitioners working across the world.

The meeting focused on how the NHPC and DataFlow Group could work together in two directions. First, to make it easier for Somali health professionals seeking work or further education abroad to have their qualifications recognised internationally. Second, to verify the credentials of foreign practitioners coming to work in Somalia’s health sector — a safeguard against forged certificates that protects the quality of the country’s health system and the safety of the Somali public.

Primary source verification of this kind is a cornerstone of modern health regulation. It confirms that a qualification was genuinely issued by the institution named on it, closing the door to fraudulent certificates and giving employers, institutions, and patients confidence that a practitioner is who they claim to be. For the NHPC, a partnership of this kind strengthens its mandate under Act Lr.31 to register only those professionals who hold recognised, authenticated qualifications — including the requirement under Article 60 that foreign qualifications be properly authenticated before recognition.

The discussions in Dublin mark an early step toward that cooperation. Further details will be published as the partnership develops.