Provision of life-saving primary healthcare support in high-risk locations during winter period in Afghanistan ltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtThis proposed project, in line with the
priorities of Afghanistan’s HRP (2023), will
contribute, in coordination and partnership with WHO, the de facto MoPH and other relevant health cluster actors, to the reduction of
morbidity and mortality of vulnerable Afghans in the areas of highest needs.
Building on existing IOM Migration Health programming and in coordination with
the Health Cluster (HC) sub-regional teams in target provinces, this project
will support for provision of primary health care, including
reproductive and child health care services, nutrition, COVID-19 vaccination,
Routine Immunization as well as MHPSS serviceslt/spangtltspan style="font-family:"gt lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtin underserved “white” areas.lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltdiv class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187419237 BCX8" style="margin: 0px padding: 0px user-select: text -webkit-user-drag: none -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent overflow: visible cursor: text clear: both position: relative direction: ltr color: rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family:"gtltp class="" style=""gtltspan data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8" style="line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important"gtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtThe project is in line with Afghanistan’s ICCT's 2023 Winter Prioritization Plan and will contribute to provide urgently and timely needed assistance to prioritized life-saving winterization assistance through multi-sectoral support to the most vulnerable populations in 137 districts over a period of three months.lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 16.1875px" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gt lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtBuilding on existing IOM programming and in coordination with the Health Cluster sub-regional teams in target provinces, this project will support four BHCs and one Mobile Health and Nutrition Team (MHNT) in underserved “white” areas for: lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" class="EOP SCXW187419237 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/divgtltdiv class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW187419237 BCX8" style="margin: 0px padding: 0px user-select: text -webkit-user-drag: none -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent overflow: visible cursor: text clear: both position: relative direction: ltr color: rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family:"gtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17) font-size: 14px text-align: start white-space-collapse: collapse line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gt- Expanding primary health care services and support to referral services through the provision of primary health care including reproductive and child health care services, nutrition, COVID-19 vaccination as well as MHPSS services (Activity 1, AHF SA 2023 strategy)lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17) font-size: 14px text-align: start white-space-collapse: collapse line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" class="EOP SCXW187419237 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/divgtltdiv class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW187419237 BCX8" style="margin: 0px padding: 0px user-select: text -webkit-user-drag: none -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent position: relative"gtltol class="NumberListStyle1 SCXW187419237 BCX8" role="list" start="1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0) margin: 0px padding: 0px user-select: text -webkit-user-drag: none -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent overflow: visible cursor: text list-style-type: decimal"gtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gt- Provision of medicine and medical supplieslt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 16.1875px font-family:" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gt lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtincluding kits used for the management of respiratory tract infections to the targeted health facilities (Activity 2, AHF SA 2023 strategy)lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" class="EOP SCXW187419237 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gt- Strengthening disease surveillance system with a focus on pneumonia, measles, pertussis, COVID-19, and influenza-like illnesses through passive surveillance during health consultation and health promotion activities (Activity 3, AHF SA 2023 strategy)lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" class="EOP SCXW187419237 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif font-variant-ligatures: none !important" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gtltspan class="NormalTextRun SCXW187419237 BCX8"gt- Health education and health promotion on prevention, and mitigation measures for respiratory infections and other winter-related risks through tailored RCCE activities (Activity 4, AHF SA 2023 strategy)lt/spangtlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px line-height: 12.95px font-family: Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" class="EOP SCXW187419237 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"gt lt/spangtlt/pgtlt/olgtltdiv style=""gtltfont style="font-size: 14px" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtThis project is also in
line with Health Cluster and Nutrition Cluster response priorities to provide
essential life-saving health care services in hard-to-lt/spangtlt/fontgtltspan style="font-size: 14px color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtreach and under-served
areas. lt/spangtltspan style="color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtIOM will coordinate the interventions with the
relevant health partners such as the Health Cluster, WHO, the de facto Ministry
of Public Health and Basic Packages of Health Service (BPHS) implementers to
effectively respond to priority healthcare service needs and thereby to
contribute to the reduction of morbidity and mortality among the most
vulnerable population. Besides the provision of primary healthcare services,
IOM will build the capacity of healthcare workers in the management of severe
cases of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) and hypothermia to improve the
quality of healthcare service delivery. In coordination with the RCCE working
group, IOM will also deliver targeted winter-related health risk prevention,
preparedness and response messages among communities affected by the crisis.lt/spangtlt/divgtltdiv style=""gtltp class="" style=""gtltspan style="font-size: 8pt color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtThis project targets 96,000 persons in lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 8pt color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtinlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gt lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 8pt color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gthigh-risk
districts prioritized for 2023 winter response plan in 3 provinces in Afghanistan
(Badakhshan, Paktika and Kabul).lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gt lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 8pt color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtIOM proposed intervention
areas (Warduj, Yaftal-e-Sufla districts inlt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 14px color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gt lt/spangtltspan style="font-size: 8pt color: black font-family: Arial, sans-serif"gtBadakhshan, Giyan district
in Paktika and Chahar-asib district in Kabul) are in line with ICCT’s 2023
prioritized districts. The proposed intervention in the above-mentioned
districts will contribute to the continuation of the primary healthcare service
provision to the most vulnerable population and fill the critical funding gaps
specially in Badakhshan and Paktika where the BHCs currently supported by IOM  were initially planned to close on September 30,
2023lt/spangtltbrgtlt/pgtltp class="" style=""gtltbrgtlt/pgtlt/divgtlt/divgtltp class="sceditor-nlf"gtltbrgtlt/pgt