When Ubah Abdullahi went into labour she knew there was no chance of seeing a midwife or doctor. After a gruelling 12 hours her baby daughter arrived, delivered on to the floor of a makeshift shelter. Her family was among thousands driven from their homes by drought and conflict in central Somalia last year. Now living at the Najah camp for displaced people near Galkayo, Abdullahi did not have the money to travel to a health centre. ‘I couldn’t afford to take a taxi to the clinic but my mother-in-law was here to help,’ she said. Abdullahi is not alone. In Somalia seven out of 10 women give birth at home and babies born in basic shelters are at risk from infection and other complications