Provision of equitable access to quality lifesaving curative nutrition services to children and PLWs in Hobyo District, Somalia The project overall objective intends to provide access to equitable curative and preventive lifesaving nutrition services to drought and conflict affected by reaching an overall 6,000 under five children boys,girls and pregnant and lactating women in  Hobyo  district Mudug  region. through two outpatient therapeutic static sites in Hobyo town, xinlabi and three mobile OTP location in xinbarwaqo covering villages such as Magajibe, Danle amp Magazine and Seego mobile covering Galxagare,Barbacad and Laskhaliye villages  while the third mobile team will be at Ceelhur  outreach sites covering such remotes villages as waable and Bilxun/Qosoltire villages
DEH through the proposed two static and three mobile team will provide community comprehensive severely acute malnourished screening targeting to reach a total of 6,000 lt5 children boys,girls and PLWs in which   Hobyo town will cover (1,580), Xinlabi (1,020), xinbarwaqo (1,140), Seego (1,060) and Ceelhur (1,000) beneficiaries respective, while a total of 4,500 are planned for the provision of Vitamin A supplementation  where each location will reach 1,020 beneficiaries for Hobyo town OTP, Xinlabi (1,000), xinbarwaqo (940), Seego (660) and Ceelhur (880) beneficiaries. The project will also provide under five  MAM treatment to 3,400 in which reach 1,020 beneficiaries for Hobyo town OTP (412), Xinlabi (120), xinbarwaqo (270), Seego (260) and Ceelhur (360) beneficiaries, on the same location a total of 1,600 PLW will be targeted for MAM treatment. The  severely acute malnutrition with medical complication will be referred to Hobyo hospital stabilization center(SC) in close coordination with MERCY USA  and the project intends to reach a total of 71 beneficiaries in which Hobyo town OTP (12), Xinlabi (11), xinbarwaqo (15), Seego (15) and Ceelhur (18) beneficiaries and will be follow up by the community nutrition workers. Through this intervention DEH will provide personal protective equipment to a total of 40 nutrition frontline staff  where each staff will be provided  200 surgical/medical mask , 1 portable hand sanitizer, one pair soap 800g, one covereal per nurse as well as one hand drying tissues and one Biohazard per sites for a  period of 6 months hence ensuring the mitigation measure of covid-19 are clearly followed.
On the other hand a total of 5 OTP sites will be provided with clean drinking water where each sites will have 10,000 litters bladder procured and water supplies procured twice a months for a period of 6 months hence ensuring safer and protective environment for the vulnerable under five boys,girls and PLW including the disable one  and finally , a total of 1200 women/caregivers /parents in Hobyo town static OTP(375), Xinlabi static OTP (375), Xinbarwaqo mobile OTP (150), Seego mobile OTP (150), and Ceelhur mobile OTP (150) beneficiaries per site respectively will be able to received enhanced infant and young feeding practices counselling  where DEH nutrition team will conduct  4  counselling season per months totaling 24 seasions per project period . To ensure staff effectiveness DEH will capacity build 41 project nutrition staff and community health workers on IMAM and IYCF effective services delivery and protocols.
DEH will closely coordinate with Mudug regional MOH as well as Federal level MOH and community leader, elders, women, youth including people with disability all involved in activities on mobilizing communities. It shall also coordinate with local humanitarian actors for proper referral and coordination’s as well as nutrition clusters at regional and national level