Multi-sector and Integrated Health and Nutrition Response for Internally displaced population in Bentiu IDP- Rubkona County, Unity State - South Sudan In 2020, South Sudan was faced with some successes and continued challenges. The implementation of the revitalized peace agreement in 2020 enabled the Transitional Government of National Unity to be re-established. This strengthened peace efforts in most parts of the country despite pockets of localized inter clan/tribal conflicts. COVID-19 greatly affected people and the humanitarian community, disrupting markets, services and movement across the country. South Sudan also experienced its sec-ond consecutive year of devastating flooding that has affected almost 1 million people each year. KAP survey conducted by WR in April 2020 revels, only 37.5% of infants 6-9 months received breastmilk and solid or semi-solid in the previous 24 hours during the survey and 62.3% of mothers said they had 4 visits to ANC providers during their pregnancy period where as the Proxy GAM rate for RubKona stands at 25% (PIN 201). 
This project will address the immediate needs and priorities of the targeted communities to increase household resilience. Nutrition and health components have been integrated and designed so that households may benefit from more than one intervention in a holistic and effective way. With support from SSHF, this integrated multi-sector project will scale up basic services to 45,936 IDP residents. The nutrition sector will support two OTP sites in sectors 2 and 5, and one TSFP site in sector 2. The project will target 348 (139 boys and 209 girls) with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in OTP, 2379 (952 boys and 1427 girls) with Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) and 1,173 PLWs with MAM in TSFP in the Bentiu IDP Camp. Protection and gender-based violence concerns will be integrated in different sectors through collaboration with other protection partners.
Under health, this project will focus on quality of primary healthcare service in the IDP camp through uninterrupted access to health services, which is critical for prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of communicable illnesses as well as to minimize the risk of communicable disease outbreaks in sector  2 and 5. It will also support World Relief to take over the primary health care center in sector 1 and continue with un-interrupted provision of basic life saving health services. The health services will target 45,936  beneficiary residents of Sector 1, 2 and 5 of the camp through OPD consultation and treatment services, routine immunization, maternal and child health services, disease and outbreak prevention and awareness raising activities.

To improve evidence-based program intervention, WR will collect program data through assessments and surveys, Analyze and share reports on monthly, biannual as well as end of project report to all relevant stakeholder. 

To ensure beneficiaries’ satisfaction and create accountability, WR will implement compliant feedback mechanism in each service delivery point, and information collected will be used for service improvement and scale up program activities. WR will also work in collaboration with UN agencies, other partners, relevant Government Ministries and the community. Capacity of local stakeholders and community members will be enhanced to ensure sustainability of service after the project period ends.