Integrated Health, Nutrition, Protection and WASH Initiative in Panyijiar, Bentiu, Mayendit, Aweil South and Aweil East Counties In line with the SSHF first RA strategy 2021, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) will support 113,809 (24,826 men, 35,500 women, 24,851 boys and 28,632 girls) individuals in Panyijiar, Bentiu, Mayendit, Aweil South and Aweil East counties through an integrated multi-sector Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Protection (Women :Protection and Empowerment-WPE, Child Protection-CP and General Protection) response. 

The IRC will provide an integrated nutrition interventions for acutely malnourished beneficiaries focusing on  communities living in hard-to-reach areas and IDP‘s in both Aweil South and Panyijiar counties the scale up response will reach children under five (U5) years and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) through provision of nutrition treatment and care for all SAM and MAM U5 and PLW with lt23cm MUAC.. 

The project also seeks to reduce and mitigate the health consequences of the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)outbreak in Bentiu IDP and the floods in Panyijar County. IRC will provide integrated essential health services through static (2 PHCCs in Bentiu IDP) and Mobile approaches (2 Rapid Response Mobile Teams-RRTs) in Panyijar County. IRC will provide essential lifesaving preventive and curative health services to the affected populations further mitigating the risks posed by the flooding and the Hepatitis E virus outbreak.IRC will build up on the existing health response provided through  SSHFA1 2021 funding in the Bentiu IDP to  provide a clinical emergency package within the COVID-19 context that includes health screening, curative and preventive health services, and referral of cases for advanced care. The package is inclusive of strengthening surveillance for timely detection and timely initiation of supportive treatment and referral of HEV cases and high risks individuals at community and health facility level using the existing referral pathways in both sector 4 and sector 5. 

WASH intervention will align with the South Sudan WASH cluster approach to (HEV) prevention and seeks to improve safe water system and improved sanitations in host community and targeted Health centers. HEV response activities will focus on supporting social mobilization to improve community knowledge about the symptoms and signs of HEV disease and to stop the spread in the affected districts

The protection interventions will provide client-centered protection services through a multi-sector, mutually reinforcing integrated static and mobile approaches. IRC will scale up the CP response for flood affected people particularly children in Greater Ganyiel in Panyijiar County, fill the gap in Aweil East where the CP response is limited due to funding constraints and establish a new CP response in Mayendit.IRC will provide comprehensive case management including Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR), social-emotional learning and psychological support in the Safe Space, community awareness on CPiE and strengthening the existing Community Based Protection Network. 

GP interventions will be implemented in Ganyiel and will enhance protection risk monitoring and analysis and ensure rapid collection and sharing of protection and multi-sector needs analysis identify persons of concern and provide services including referrals, conduct protection case management support two-way communication system and conduct emergency cash assistance.

Gender based Violence (GBV) response services to survivors of GBV will be provided through case management services in Panyijiar, Mayendit and Aweil East Counties., GBV service mapping will be conducted, and results used to update the referral pathway to facilitate timely access of GBV services to survivors and ensure that partners work in a coordinated manner. Both individual and group based psychosocial support activities will be carried out at the Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) . Inter-sectoral safety audits will be conducted, and results used to advocate for implementation of recommendations.