integrated health and nutrition Project This project aims to increase access to nutrition and health lifesaving services for most vulnerable affected Population in Fara Al-Odain district of Ibb governorate and Jabal Habashy and As Silw of Taiz governorate. The project is expected to prevent the increase of food insecurity and malnutrition levels through the application of an integrated approach with life-saving assistance of nutrition and health services. 

The project activities have been designed in close coordination with Government Health Offices (GHO)  in Fara Al-Odain district of Ibb governorate and Jabal Habashy and As Silw of Taiz governorate
The Global Acute Malnutrition - GAM-  threshold in Jabal Habashy and As Silw districts in Taiz  governorate and Far Al Udayn district in Ibb governorate is above 15%, While the SFI threshold in Far Al Udayn district in Ibb governorate is above 20% and Jabal Habashy and As Silw districts in Taiz  governorate are more than 30%.  Therefor, these districts have been ranked by nutrition cluster as ones of the highest priorities that need urgent integrated intervention. The project is within Envelop One Framework that addresses the immediate causes of food insecurity and malnutrition by ensuring adequate access to Food, Nutrition, health and WASH to the most vulnerable through an integrated approach.

The project will target 50,202  individual, this number is dis-aggregated as (20,418 men, 21,250 men, 4,182 boys, 4,352 girls).The priority will be given to children U5, and pregnant lactating women (PLW) through the supporting 9  Health facilities (list of health facilities and exact locations approved by GHOs is attached in the document section ) to provide primary, maternal and child health care services to the most vulnerable people in the targeted districts as well as deliver life-saving interventions for acutely malnourished girls and boys and pregnant  lactating women.

The project  is integrated of two components “ Nutrition and Health” to maximize the efficiency of delivering integrated health and nutrition services in Fara Al-Odain district of Ibb governorate and Jabal Habashy and As Silw of Taiz governorate where Health and nutrition teams will work jointly targeting the same beneficiaries and same targeted locations.

The health component is comprised of the following main activities.
Provision of minimum health services through 9 health facilities adhering to the minimum service package approved by health cluster. 
- Health Unit: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), antenatal care (ANC) postnatal care (PNC), Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI), SAM screening and management, Family planning (FP) (short-acting methods), Noncommunicable diseases (NCD).
- Health center: IMCI, TB and others, ANC/PNC, FP, EPI, SAM screening and management, NCD management. Normal Deliveries. Essential Newborn Care. Basic Laboratory.
- Procurement of medicines to support 9 health facilities with essential drugs and medical supplies in Jabal Habashy, As Silw and Fara Al-Odain districts.
- Provide reproductive health services by the mid-wives in the 9 health facilities.according to minimum service package:
- Conduct awareness sessions on health, hygiene messages, outbreak diseases.
 The nutrition component will focus on the following main activities:
- Training on MUAC screening, community outreach for Community Health Volunteers (CHVs).
- Training on community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) for health workers.
- MUAC screening for children under five for identification of malnourished children under five and PLW for identification of malnourished PLW.
- Treat malnourished children with SAM and MAM cases admitted in CMAM program.
- Treat malnourished PLW with MAM cases admitted in TSFP.