Emergency Nutrition Assistance to in Banki, Bama LGA, Borno State ltpgtltbrgtFHI 360 proposes to expand the coverage and capacity of SAM treatment facility in Banki, in the Bama LGA of Borno state. The FHI 360 Stabilization Centre (SC) in Banki, currently accommodating 11 beds will be expanded to accommodate 20 beds.  This expansion aims to provide comprehensive management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) cases with complications for infants and children 0-59 months. At the SC, FHI 360 will provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (i.e., to provide three nutritious meals daily) to caregivers of SAM children to reduce defaulter rates, and will also provide skilled Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counselling to caregivers of SAM children during their stay at the SC. Principally, to ensure compliance with the sphere standards, routine mortality audits/reviews will be conducted at the supported SC.ltbrgtTo complement the services at the supported SC, FHI 360 will establish and run a Mobile Outpatient Therapeutic Programme center in Wajare which where SAM cases without medical complications for children aged 6 to 59 months will be managed. Similarly, FHI 360 will also ensure that skilled IYCF counselling at the OTPs, identified cases of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) will be linked with existing treatment services being offered by FHI 360 and other partners in the project location. ltbrgtIn addition to the curative interventions at the SC and OTP, FHI 360 will establish 120 Community Support Groups (CSGs) in the project target locations whose activities will be coordinated by trained Community Health Workers (CHWs) and will focus on community outreach activities such as screening for early identification and treatment, and behavioral change communication aimed at promoting uptake of positive IYCF practices that will reduce the risks of malnutrition in children aged 0-59 months across the project target location, as well as conducting home visits to monitor treated cases of malnutrition and prevent relapse.   ltbrgtTo ensure that the target population receive the complete range of humanitarian assistance that meets their needs, an integrated approach will be adopted by FHI 360’s Nutrition, Health and WASH sectors for community mobilization to ensure a coordinated program implementation. Under this project, FHI 360 Nutrition sector will link SAM patients with the WASH sector for the provision of hygiene kits as well as organize joint Nutrition, WASH and Health home visits to reduce or eliminate the risk of relapses. In collaboration with the health sector, PBWG will receive Iron and Folic Acid supplementation, while children aged 6 to 59 months will receive vitamin A supplements. In addition, in the host communities, such as Wajare, where FHI 360 will set up a nutrition facility, emergency sanitation facilities will be installed, and water supply connected to maintain improved conditions for care for SAM patients after discharge from the SC.ltbrgtThrough this project, FHI 360 intends to screen 16,000 children under five, and provide treatment to at least 980 SAM cases with and without complications, as well as directly reach 2,880 individuals with MIYCN messaging to improve nutritional outcomes.ltbrgtIn summary, this coordinated response at the SC and OTP, when combined with the community outreach activities as well as the complementary activities of FHI 360’s Health and WASH sectors will ensure effective coverage of nutrition services in the project location and make it possible for timely intervention to prevent and treat identified cases or threats of malnutrition among the target population, effectively contributing to the reduction of SAM-related morbidity and mortality in Bama LGA.ltbrgtlt/pgt