Provision of lifesaving nutrition care services for the drought affected communities in Kahda district, Banadir Region, Somalia. ltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-family:"gtThe
project aims to provide curative and preventive life-saving basic health
services to IDPs and host communities in Kahda district, Banadir region. An
estimated 1382 children aged 6-59 months (704 boys and 677 girls) and 7200 pregnant
and lactating women will be targeted for treatment and prevention of acute
malnutrition over a 12-month period. This will be achieved through the
integration of nutrition services into three existing health facilities and the
establishment and operation of four mobile outreach teams. WARDI, in
consultation with the target communities, the FMOH Nutrition Section and the
BRA, will initiate the project, followed by the recruitment of project staff,
including community health workers, ensuring that key parameters such as gender,
clan dynamics, minority and marginalized clans and inclusion of PWD are
addressed. Once the project is up and running, routine and mass screening of
children and PLW for acute malnutrition through MUAC and oedema checks will be
carried out to identify and classify children and pregnant and lactating women
into different forms of acute malnutrition and link them to appropriate
programmes. WARDI operates well-funded primary health centers that also provide
TSFP and MCHN, which this project will fully integrate to ensure that children
6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women receive holistic nutritional
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The project will also promote family led MUAC through orientations and
community education to help families identify malnourished children early
enough to take appropriate action. At the same time, SAM cases without medical
complications will be included in the OTP programme, while SAM with medical
complications will be referred to the WARDI-managed stabilization center at
Hamarjajab Referral Health Centre or Banadir Hospital for in-patient treatment.
Children with moderate acute malnutrition will be referred to the WARDI-managed
TSFP programs under the same target facilities. The project will also
scale up the promotion of maternal, infant and young child nutrition through
preventive services (IYCF counselling, vitamin A supplementation, micronutrient
supplementation, deworming, promotion of nutrient-rich complementary foods) at
health facilities and through community-based approaches. Mothers' support
groups will be established and will be a key component in improving child
nutrition and thus reducing the high mortality in the camps. Using its
technical support to the MOH on national cold chain management, WARDI will
ensure that all sites, including mobile units, provide routine immunization,
while identifying and referring children with serious illnesses. A team of CHWs
will be identified and trained to be responsible for community mobilization,
MUAC screening, tracking of defaults for both nutrition and EPI, and case
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WARDI will work closely with other stakeholders including the MOH,
Banadir Regional Authority and clusters to ensure that the project is
implemented as designed and that the target communities are reached. We will
create synergies between this project and other projects implemented by WARDI,
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