Integrated Health and Protection Response for rural conflict affected populations in Khersonka, Mykolaivska, and south Dnipropetrovska Oblasts. ltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pt" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtMTI seeks to
reduce excess morbidity and mortality for conflict affected populations in
Ukraine by increasing access to health care including MHPSS with integrated protection interventions. MTI will
focus on currently and formerly occupied oblasts, Khersonka and Mykolaivska, to
improve health care through comprehensive primary care through mobile medical
teams (MMTs) which will include a psychologist for MHPSS support and protection
awareness and by supporting DOH health facilities to increase their
functionality through re-equipping and supporting the health workforce. A community-based
cadre of health volunteers will be trained and supported to provide
psychological first aid, risk communication, awareness raising in both health
and protection topics, and facilitate referrals. MTI will seek to ensure
participation and empowerment of people with disabilities across all project
interventions as well as targeted health programming. MTI will provide health
interventions in partnership with 100% Life Kryvyi Rih. MMTs will maintain capacity to respond to shifts in
conflict dynamics, displacements, or other emergencies. MTI will
train front line community volunteers in basic first aid and provide basic
trauma supplies to enable them to at minimum stop bleeding until the wounded
are able to reach health facilities. lt/spangtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gtlt/spangtlt/pgt

ltpgtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gtMTI will improve access to MHPSS services both through outreach from the
community health cadre and through qualified mental health providers in
Khersonka, Mykolaivska, and south Dnipropetrovska Oblasts. MTI mental health
will provide lt/spangtltspan style="color: black font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif font-size: 8pt"gtindividual counselling and group therapy for those individuals
needing a higher level of support including targeted programming for children
and their caregivers, GBV survivors and PWD. The MHPSS
team will also supervise and facilitate psychosocial awareness raising and
protection awareness raising both directly for community members and through
training of health care workers, local CSOs, local volunteers, and social
welfare departments.lt/spangtlt/pgtltpgtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gt

lt/spangtlt/pgtltp style="margin-bottom:9.95pt" class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="font-family: "arial, sans-serif", sans-serif color: black"gtltspan style="font-size:8.0pt
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integrated health and protection components, implementing general protection,
gender-based violence (GBV) and child protection (CP) interventions through
MHPSS and RCCE activities. On GBV, MTI will
enable GBV survivors  to access PSSlt/spangtltspan style="font-size:8.0ptmso-bidi-font-size:10.0ptfont-family:"Arial",sans-serif
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color:black"gt that meet minimum standards in a safe and dignified manner. This will include psychological first aid, psychoeducation and group and
individual counselling support. Functional referrals will be carried out in
alignment with service mapping mechanisms and local and multisectoral pathways as appropriate. ltbrgt
lt/spangtltspan style="font-size:8.0ptmso-bidi-font-size:10.0ptfont-family:"arial, sans-serif",sans-serif
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color:black"gtOn GP, MTI will provide IDPs, non-displaced persons and
returnees with interventions to access basic services and their legal and human
rights through awareness raising activities, training on protection approaches
and issues and referral of persons with specific needs to specialized services and assistance both
within MTI (for health, CP and GBV services internally provided) and along
external referral pathways. MTI will carry out community-based protection
activities such as social, cultural and recreational activities which support
existing social and cultural practices to maintain a sense of identity and
enhance social cohesion and community resilience factors. On CP, MTI will
provide disability and gender responsive PSS to boys
and girls which are culturally and age appropriate as well as corresponding
support to caregivers. This will enable children facing life-threatening risks
of abuse, neglect, violence, exploitation, and severe distress be guided
through safe, structured, and stimulating activities such as themed games,
psychosocial artwork, storytelling and role-play, and individual social work
support .This is aimed at addressing children’s social and psychological needs
and to support the development of life skills and coping to further build their
resilience. MTI will work with local and multisectoral actors as
appropriate to ensure the best interests of the child are prioritized.lt/spangtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="sceditor-nlf"gtltbrgtlt/pgt