Emergency Lifesaving Health Response for highly vulnerable communities among Priority 1 Targeted Districts in Al Mahwit and Al Hudaydah Gov In response to the first priority program of the 2022 SA1, BFD’s proposed project aims to provide critical life-saving assistance with improved access to quality life-saving health and nutrition activities for (34,086 individuals) from the most vulnerable people across two of the districts facing high levels of acute food insecurity and classified as phase 4 and above under the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) system and IPC AMN Bait Al Faqih, district in Al Hudaydah governorate and Bani Sa’ad district in Al-Mahwit governorate.
The project is in line with the 2nd and 3rd Health cluster and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nutrition cluster objectives as well as with the SA1 1st priority objective through the provision of life-saving Health and Nutrition emergency assistance.
The project activities have been designed in close coordination with Al Hudaydah Health and Nutrition Sub-national Clusters in addition to Al Hudaydah and Al Mahwit Health authorities Government Health Offices (GHO) and Districts Health Offices (DHO) in Bait Al Faqeh and Bani Sa’ad (Kindly, refer to both of the attached 1) HampN Clusters confirmations, and 2) the request for intervention official Memos from GHOs at the document section).

In complementarity with the FSA and WaSH on-going programs within the targeted districts, the project will focus on delivering an integrated multi-sector project of two components “Health, and Nutrition” to maximize the efficiency of delivering integrated services at the targeted HFs level to reduce severe malnutrition, displacement and conflict sequences, and the increased Health and Nutrition needs among highly vulnerable populations under Priority 1 at which BFD will be supporting and strengthening the health and nutrition system resilience of 1 crucial district hospital and 2 HCs (Bani sa'ad Hospital in Bani Sa’ad district in Al Mahweet Gov and Al Mayah, and Al Saed Health Centers in Bait Al Faqeeh district of Al Hudaydah Gov) via the provision of the Minimum Service Package (MSP) emergency lifesaving clinical support through provision of primary health care services (immunization, (IMCI) Integrated Management of Childhood Illness ,RH, prevention and control of communicable diseases) and secondary Health Care services by providing pediatrician, general surgeon, Obstetrician amp gynecologist with surgical staff and CS for the pregnant women in need, Medicines and medical supplies and essentially needed equipment and furniture, supporting 41 health workers with financial incentives, training 30 CHVs and running operational cost for the HFs, durable solution as minor rehabilitation, Solar Panel Systems, and incinerator are included, all of which to facilitate the provision of free health services for most affected people.

The HFs needs were identified in collaboration with the DHO based on the gaps on the ground to provide basic primary health care services, referral of complicated cases to tertiary centers, and training of health workers on outbreak preparedness, CMAM, and on activities under MSP (IMCI-RH-Vaccination) at the HF level, health education will be provided to enhance the beneficiary’s KAB related to child health, and reproductive health thus strengthening resilience and reducing morbidity and mortality, especially among children under five (U5) and PLW. An integrated nutrition intervention will be covered by targeting U5 children and PLW who are vulnerable to malnutrition due to their increased nutritional needs and vulnerability to acute malnutrition. This will be done through the provision of CMAM services treatment of severe and moderate acute malnutrition among children 6-59 months and PLW and promotion of optimal IYCF practices for children 0-23 months and capacity building of health workers on CMAM and IYCF counseling. Nutrition messaging and screening for acute malnutrition (active case finding) among children 6-59 months and PLW will be conducted by the targeted hospitals' and HCs’ health workers.