Emergency Nutrition and Health Response in the context COVID-19 preparedness and response among drought-affected and conflict displaced communities in Afar and Oromia regions The project responds to the nutrition and health needs of drought-affected and conflict displaced vulnerable communities in the context of COVID-19 pandemic in Afar and Oromia regions. GOAL will implement a full CMAM intervention in Genwane and Adaar woredas  MHNT and primary health care interventions and COVID-19 risk communication and infection prevention and control across all woredas to prevent morbidity and mortality among under-five children and PLW, elders, and disabled groups. 

Full CMAM intervention will be implemented in Gewane and Adaar woredas for six months. The health and COVID 19 responses will cover eight woredas in Oromia region such as Harena Buluk, Dolomena and Meda Welabu (in Bale zone), Deder woreda (in East Hararghe zone), Siraro and Shalla-((in West Arsi zone) and two woredas in Afar region namely Gewane and Adaar. In Shalla woreda, the health response will focus on integration of COVID 19 into existing nutrition response  

GOAL will integrate COVID-19 community risk communication, infection prevention, and control in the nutrition and health interventions across all the woredas. GOAL’s experience in other Africa countries in EBOLA response with the community-led action approach will be tapped to provide psychosocial and mental health support and propagate messages to increase community awareness and reduce the impacts of COVID 19.

GOAL’s health response will be surge approach and utilize MHNT as necessary to ensure continuity of essential primary health care activities including maternal and child health services for vulnerable and hard to reach communities without access to free healthcare support COVID-19 risk communication, infection prevention, and control interventions and other outbreaks preparedness. 

This project targets a total of eight woredas ( two in Afar and six in Oromia region) based on humanitarian need analysis and prioritization of health and nutrition clusters. GOAL has ongoing full CMAM response in the six proposed woredas of Oromia region under EHF 2019 second allocation. The health and COVID 19 responses will complement this ongoing nutrition response to address the critical health needs and COVID 19 pandemic. 
Activities will consist of and aligned with global and national programming guidance in the context of COVID-19
-	Mobile health and nutrition team/outreach nutrition in conflict-affected Woredas where returnees and IDPs are not accessing health facilities.
-	Community mobilization and awareness creation about the service delivery and all mitigation and prevention on COVID-19 pandemic.
-       Strengthen systematic screening in Primary Health Care activities using the standard COVID-19 case definition.
-	Strengthen health facilities preparedness and response plan to combat pandemic COVID-19.
-	Training of Government health workers, key community figures, and community volunteers on Community Lead Action (CLA) in the context of COVID 19, and implement CLA approach in the community.
-       Ensure health workers have an understanding and practice of key IPC measures in health facilities 
-	Support release of timely and transparent information using different outlets (eg: IEC materials)
-	Provide access to soap, handwashing facilities, cleaning supplies, and water for health facilities
-	Protection and Psychosocial and mental health support mainstreaming
-	Supporting the government-led treatment of SAM among children under 5 in OTP and SC.
-	Strengthening of OTP and SCs.
-	Treatment of MAM among 6-59 months and PLW through TSFP.
-	Establishment/ strengthening of TSFP sites/support with the rollout of IMAM.
-	On-the-job capacity building of HWs and HEWs on CMAM.
-	Community mobilization and outreach, to raise awareness of service delivery and boost uptake
-	Logistical and technical support to the Health Office on the implementation of CMAM, supply chain, health campaigns.
-	IYCF-E education including COVID 19 risk communication, infection prev