Emergency Nutrition and Health Response for Drought-Affected and Displaced Communities The project responds to the nutrition and health needs among vulnerable communities which have been exacerbated as a result of drought, food insecurity and conflict-induced displacement. 

A CMAM intervention to prevent morbidity and mortality among children under 5 and PLW is proposed in the drought- and conflict-affected Woredas of Oromia Region:
Harena Buluk, Meda Welabu amp Dolo Mena (Bale)
Deder (East Hararghe)
Daro Lebu (West Hararghe)
Siraro, Shalla (West Arsi)

A health response consisting of mobile health and nutrition teams, and support to static facilities, focusing on maternal and child health needs is proposed in conflict-affected Woredas high levels of IDPs and returnees without access to free healthcare:
Meda Welabu and Dolo Mena (Bale)
Yirga Chefe (Gedeo)
Gelana (West Guji)

Activities include:
- Supporting government-led treatment of SAM among children under 5 in OTP and SC
- Strengthening of OTP and SCs
- Treatment of MAM among 6-59 months and PLW through TSFP
- Establishment/ strengthening of TSFP sites / and support with roll out of IMAM in targeted Woredas
- Formal training and on-the-job capacity building of HWs and HEWs on CMAM, including new Acute Malnutrition Guidelines
- Community mobilization and outreach, to raise awareness of service delivery and boost uptake
- Logistical and technical support to the Health Office on the implementation of CMAM, supply chain, health campaigns
- Health and Nutrition education including IYCF-E/IYCF and hygiene promotion
- MHNT / outreach nutrition in conflict-affected Woredas.
- Training of Government health workers on outbreak preparedness and response, and support during outbreaks.
- Protection mainstreaming

GOAL's response will be tailored in accordance with the specific needs per Woreda and will be highly targeted in accordance with prioritization criteria. The activities are life-saving in nature in Woredas where there are critical humanitarian concerns. The response will be linked with existing structures to strengthen the health system capacity to deliver nutrition and health services in a way that will safeguard against malnutrition for vulnerable groups in the future. As the response will be tailored in accordance with the needs. An overview of activities per Woreda is provided as an Annex.

GOAL expects to reach:
- 3,724 children under five with SAM
- 7,997 children 6-59 months, and 4,357 PLW with MAM (direct TSFP conducted by GOAL).
- 759 HWs and 492 HEWs with on-the-job capacity building and mentoring
- 150 HWs and 353 HEWs with formal training on new acute malnutrition guidelines 
- 37,446 IDPs with curative consultations by the MHNT or at static facilities in Dolo Mena, Meda Welabu, Gelana and Yirga Chefe, and ~20,000 community members with health education in these Woredas.
- 23,344 Caregivers of children on OTP and PLW, or other community members with ICYF/IYCF-E, health and hygiene education.

230 OTP and 48 SC will be strengthened. 4 MHNTs will be deployed. Targets are estimated according to admission trends and the current screening results.

The project builds on work carried out under EHF 1. In the first instance, the interventions remain life-saving, addressing critical nutrition and health needs which cannot currently be address by Government due to challenges with capacity or resources. However, beyond this, GOAL will build on the on-the-job capacity building interventions carried out under EHF 1, by providing formal training for health workers on the new GoE Acute Malnutrition Guidlines, and continuing the on-job capacity building activities to manage caseload. The health response will complement nutrition activiites in 4 Woredas. In addition, the EHF activities will be complemented by other planned or ongoing sector interventions in the targeted locations, as described in the Complementarity Section.