TAIZ INTEGRATED EMERGENCY CHOLERA RESPONSE PROJECT (TIECR) Taizz integrated emergency cholera response project aims to respond to the ongoing cholera outbreak in Taiz with special focus on Magbana, Shara’b Ar Rawnah, Alwazeaia, Al Mukha, and Jabal Habashi districts from February up to May 2017. The project is going to provide integrated package outreach program of Health and Wash services for the most vulnerable affected people in the 5 target districts which have limited or no sustained support provide for cholera outbreaks.

The project is responding to WASH and Health needs and Linked with allocation strategy and clusters objectives in preparedness and response plan, through enhancing the required capacity response, intensive health education on hygiene promotion including campaigns ensuring the rapid identification reporting, investigation, and prompt containment of any outbreak, In addition the project aims to ensure the proper management of cases to reduce morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, the integrated project includes chlorination of drinking water at pipelines and privates trucks level and hygiene promotion in local communities. The Project activities goes along with Yemen Humanitarian Pooled Fund ( 2017) and Health and Wash Clusters main objectives to support the AWD and cholera outbreak response under the strategic objectives of the Health and Wash clusters.

The project will target (38,826) 5,513 men, 5,909 women, 13,513 boys and 13,891 girls in the 5 target districts areas in Magbana, Shara'b Ar Rawnah, Jabal Habashy, Alwazeaia and Al Mukha districts of Taizz governorate to reduce occurrence and to minimize case fatality of cholera and AWD through effective prevention and timely response, through two components of health and Wash activities:

Health component activities:

Support 4 cholera treatment centers by filling essential medical supplies gaps in Taizz governorate.
- Al Jumhori Hospital, Taiz city
- Al Barh Health Center, Maqbana district
- Al Huria Hospital, Shara'ab Alrawna district
- Abduljalil Hospital, Shara'ab
Capacity of the Community based surveillance ( 5 Community Leaders as focal Persons and 70 Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) ) in 5 districts in Magbana, Shara'b Ar Rawnah, Jabal Habashy, Alwazeaia and Al Mukha districts of Taizz governorate targeted priority areas on case definitions, reporting tools, outbreak detection and first responder rules and procedures to respond to the areas affected by the cholera outbreak is strengthened as well as distribution of IEC material and ORS to the patient and referral of cases to DTCs.

Wash component activities:

The Wash interventions will focus on Preventing AWD/Cholera outbreaks through the provision of safe water supply,by chlorination of water sources (piped network, private water trucks) organize Hygiene promotion, community mobilization, promotion of good sanitation practice, regular HH visits, jerry can cleaning campaigns, clean-up campaigns at water points and cholera awareness messages (at community level, DTCs, household level, schools, markets, mosques etc) in Magbana, Shara'b Ar Rawnah, Jabal Habashy, Alwazeaia and Al Mukha districts of Taizz governorate. Distribute of hygiene kits, IEC material, jerry cans of 20lt capacity for water fetching, acquatabs for disinfection of water to communities and to patients that are discharged from DTCs.