Provision of Life-saving Primary Health Care Response to Drought affected Communities in Rural Villages of Jowhar, Middle Shabelle Region, Hirshabelle ltpgtltbrgt


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Vision intends to extend its primary health care services towards delivering
quality health care interventions to reduce burden of diseases to the crises
affectedltspan style="letter-spacing:.05pt"gt lt/spangtwomen, boys, girls,
vulnerable IDPs, people with disabilities and host communities affected by theltspan style="letter-spacing:.05pt"gt lt/spangtimpactltspan style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"gt lt/spangtofltspan style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"gt lt/spangtdroughtltspan style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"gt
lt/spangtinltspan style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"gt lt/spangtJowharltspan style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"gt lt/spangtDistrict,ltspan style="letter-spacing:
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0inmargin-left:2.05ptmargin-bottom:.0001ptline-height:97%" class="TableParagraph"gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtThe
proposed project will run for 12 months and is intended to reach 30,000
vulnerable people in the rural areas of Jowhar district, Middle Shabelle
region, Hirshabelle state, Somalia.lt/spangtlt/pgt

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0inmargin-left:2.05ptmargin-bottom:.0001ptline-height:97%" class="TableParagraph"gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtThe
direct beneficiaries of the proposed project will be 2700 pregnant and
lactating women,6000 (3240girls,2760boys) under five children and 24000 (12960
females,11040 males).lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp style="margin-top:1.4ptmargin-right:3.05ptmargin-bottom:
0inmargin-left:2.05ptmargin-bottom:.0001ptline-height:97%" class="TableParagraph"gtltspan style="font-size: 10pt font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtThrough this proposed project, Aid Vision
intends to operationalize 2 fixed rural health centers (Geedo Bargan Health Center and Yabaal2/Kongo Health Center) and 3 mobile teams
covering 15 villages (lt/spangtltfont face="Verdana, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-size: 10pt"gtLinta, Bula
Bishara,Magadley,Bananey,Lebiga,Hansholey,Nukay,Halgan,Daymasamo,Muryale,Kalundi,Bula lt/spangtHaji, Airportltspan style="font-size: 10pt"gt, lt/spangtlt/fontgtltfont face="Verdana, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-size: 10pt"gtGaafay, Laba waablt/spangtlt/fontgtltspan style="font-size: 14px"gt) lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtin the
hard-to-reach areas which have limited or no access to primary health care
services.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtThis
proposed initiative will provide life-saving primary health care services that
includes provisions of free outpatient consultation services to both over five
and under five children for common illnesses, antenatal and postnatal care
services to pregnant and lactating women, free skilled deliveries, provisions
of immunization services at the fixed and the hard-to-reach areas.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgt

ltp style="margin-top:1.4ptmargin-right:3.05ptmargin-bottom:
0inmargin-left:2.05ptmargin-bottom:.0001ptline-height:97%" class="TableParagraph"gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtFurthermore,
Gender Based Violence will be mainstreamed with this proposed primary health
care services to provide clinical management of rape and refer cases to
specialized protection centers through the existing referral pathways.lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp style="margin-top:1.4ptmargin-right:3.05ptmargin-bottom:
0inmargin-left:2.05ptmargin-bottom:.0001ptline-height:97%" class="TableParagraph"gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtAid
Vision will employ community health workers who will be tasked to carry out
active case finding, defaulter tracing and health and hygiene promotion
messages to the affected population in the rural areas of Jowhar district. lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtThe
proposed project will ensure frontline health care workers are provided with
PPEs to prevent human transmission of Covid19 virus.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-size:10.0ptline-height:97%font-family:"gtAid
Vision has been present in Jowhar district and its surrounding rural villages for decades and thus, the organization has created good working relationship with the area residents. Aid Vision is currently working in the area delivering humanitarian services including primary health care services to the vulnerable people in Jowhar district.lt/spangtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-size:10.0ptline-height:97%font-family:"gtAdditionally, the organization will ensure there is
community based participatory approach by strengthening community capacity,
training local staff and CHWs for the sustainability of the project. This
approach ensures at the end of the project a strong cadre of community-based
structures are built for community ownership and sustainability of the program.lt/spangtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-size:10.0ptline-height:97%font-family:"gtAid
Vision has good partnership with other national NGOs,
international NGOs and donors in the delivery of humanitarian service to the
affected population. lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif font-size: 10pt"gtThe
organization will coordinate with partner like IMC in Jowhar district and
closely work with other national and international NGOs in the district for
better coordination in the provision of primary health care services and avoid
duplications.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="margin-top:1.4ptmargin-right:3.05ptmargin-bottom:
0inmargin-left:2.05ptmargin-bottom:.0001ptline-height:97%" class="TableParagraph"gtltspan style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"gtThe
proposed project will ensure the specific needs of women and men will be taken
care of. In this regard,
toilets will be segregated for women and men. Moreover, the project will
directly target special groups including persons with disability, under five
children, pregnant and lactating women, the elderly and the minorities who are
affected by drought and conflict in Jowhar district.



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proposed project is anchored on Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP2023) by
preventing loss of lives of 6.7 million of the most severely vulnerable people,
including 1.4 million children under five, decreasing the prevalence of hunger,
acute malnutrition, public health threats, and outbreaks, and the impact of
armed conflict by the end of 2023.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="margin-top:1.4ptmargin-right:3.05ptmargin-bottom:
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