Emergency Health response support for drought-affected communities in eight woredas of  SNNP region. The project intends to respond to the Humanitarian crisis due to drought that has been affecting, Southern part of the country. The project is designed to provide emergency health response through Mobile Health and Nutrition Response (MHNR) in the most drought affected eight woredas in SNNP region. This project will facilitate access to drought affected communities in Amaro and Ale special woredas, Karat zuria woreda of Konso zone, Uba Debretsehay woredas of Gamo zone, Dasenech, Hamer, Benatsemay and Malie woredas of South Omo zone of SNNP region to essential health services through deploying Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams (MHNT) and strengthen the local health system through logistic, capacity building and enhancing surveillance. 

The beneficiaries are people severely affected by drought with low access to health and nutrition services and other public health interventions in the targeted eight woredas. They will have access (direct beneficiaries) to the MCMDO eight MHNT in eight woredas. Each MHNTs will conduct general consultations, maternal and reproductive consultations and routine vaccination in at least six IDPs/service delivery sites that will be selected with the RHB, zonal/ woreda health office and cluster members. Monthly MUAC screening will also ensure identification of acute malnutrition and provide supplementary food for MAM and referral for SAM with medical complication. It is projected that, during the six-month period, and calculated at a utilization rate of 1.5 consultations /person /year. The drought affected communities in eight woredas in the selected operational kebeles will directly benefit from MCMDO MHNTs. These direct beneficiaries are 106,548 drought affected communities include 17,154 children under five and more than 4,368 PLWs to deliver consultations, treatment, family planning, immunization, surveillance, MCH services, nutrition screening and referral services. The Team is also responsible to report on regular basis to early warning weekly and DHIS 2 on communicable disease alerts of outbreaks, when needed to undertake together with the Zonal/ woreda RRTs outbreak investigation for the confirmation of outbreaks and initiation of rapid response support for the control of diseases spread in the most remote and underserved communities, The team also provide MHPSS services including GBV cases for most vulnerable communities in the areas and re functionalizing the local health system, supporting Health workers and HEWs on surveillance and outbreak management. The project also integrates and support key activities on prevention and control of COVID-19. The project will ensure strong coordination and partnerships with humanitarian response organizations and the regional government as well as the Federal government to harmonize and achieve sustainable impacts on the communities affected. 

The project will be implemented for a period of six months to cover the immediate health service needs aiming to reduce the avoidable mortality and mortality attributable to drought, and outbreaks including Covid-19 with a total budget of USD 600,000.49.