Area-Based Response: ( Sennar) - Provision of integrated life-saving health, nutrition, and WASH interventions for conflicted affected population in Sennar, Sudan. ltpgtlt/pgtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif font-size: 8pt background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) font-variant-ligatures: none"gtIn response to the conflict in Sudan, International Medical Corps
UK (IMC UK) is proposing an integrated approach to address the health,
nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) needs of conflict-affected
communities across El Suki and Sinja in Sennar State, Sudan. As of June 27,
2023, more than 146,655 – approximately 7% of total internally displaced
persons (IDPs) in Sudan – have sought safety in Sennar. The majority of those
IDPs are sheltering with relatives in the host community, in rented
accommodations or in schools or other public buildings. The majority of IDPs in
Sennar are intending to stay in the same location, rather than returning to
their locations of origin or moving onwards to another location. Given this
intention to stay and the anticipated increase in the number of IDPs as
fighting continues, there is a need to strengthen existing, functional services
and provide community-based interventions to increase access to critical
health, nutrition, and WASH services. With support from SHF, IMC UK will focus
on providing support to functioning healthcare facilities in El Suki and Sinja
(3 in El Suki and 2 in Sinja) that are supporting the influx of more than
50,000 IDPs and will implement community-based interventions that will increase
access to essential health, nutrition, and WASH services. By strengthening
functioning services and providing an integrated package of support, IMC UK
will not only provide support to IDPs – but will also support the host
community, promoting social cohesion. nbsplt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp style="" class=""gtltspan lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) font-variant-ligatures: none font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtAccess to healthcare services in Sudan has beennbspa major
challenge. Only 70% of the population has access to a health facility within 30
minutes from their home, care was often insufficient due to a lack of skilled
healthcare workers. Given the increased needs, IMC UK’s activities – in
coordination with the Sennar State Ministry of Health (SMOH) and close
coordination with WES for WASH interventions – will focus on life-saving
interventions related to health, nutrition and WASH. IMC UK will provide the
integrated services mentioned through a health facility and community-based
approach. IMC UK will focus on health facilities, with an outreach component
for service provision at the community level, by bridging the gap between the service
providers and vulnerable conflict affected populations. Quality primary care
services, including reproductive health services, will be provided through this
intervention. Screening, treatment, and referral services for malnutrition will
be provided in these facilities. Health education and awareness will be coupled
with IYCF and nutrition education. Referral support for the transport of
patients for obstetrics emergencies and SAM with medical complications will be
provided from these selected health facilities to referral centers.
Additionally, IMC UK will also provide infection and prevention control (IPC)
materials and supplies such as cleaning and disinfection ltagtconsumables (soap, hand sanitizers,
antiseptic floor cleaning, soft and hard brooms, mask, gloves, wheelbarrows,
shovels, waste bags, boots, safety hats),lt/agtlt/spangtltspan class="MsoCommentReference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none"gtltspan style="font-size:8.0ptfont-family:" lang="EN-US"gtnbsplt/spangtlt/spangtltspan lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) font-variant-ligatures: none font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtto strengthen WASH infrastructure within health facilities. The team
will also provide health and nutrition trainings for SMOH staff to ensure they
have the additional expertise needed to support and strengthen services within
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ltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pt" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black" lang="EN-US"gtIn terms of community-based
programming, IMC UK’s teams will implement outreach services for health,
nutrition and WASH in El Suki and Sinja. Following thorough assessments and
engagement with stakeholders, the IMC UK has identified a critical need and a
significant gap in terms of water supply, as well as personal hygiene kits and
supplies. In line with sphere standards, IMC UK will provide access to safe and
sufficient supply water of IDPs and vulnerable host communities to give them
access to basic needs and reduce the heightened risk of other infectious
disease outbreaks by providing IPC materials and training.lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/divgtlt/divgtlt/divgtltp class="sceditor-nlf"gtltbrgtlt/pgtltpgtlt/pgt