Provide Life-Saving Quality Health Care and Nutrition Services to the Conflict-Affected Individuals in Bama and Gwoza LGAs during the 2023 Lean Season. ltp style="" class=""gtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtThis project is
proposing to provide life-saving quality of health care and nutrition services
of the conflict-affected individuals in Bama and Gwoza LGAs during the 2023 lean season. lt/spangtlt/pgt

ltp style="" class="MsoNormal"gtltfont face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"gtThrough this project,
the urgent and critical health and nutrition crisis needs of over 14 years
persistent conflict-affected individual shall be prioritized, lt/fontgtltspan style="text-align: left text-decoration-color: initial"gtskilled MIYCN counselling, early acute malnutrition detection through training of mothers on family MUAC approach, and MAM treatment through Tom Brownlt/spangtltfont face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"gt. AHSF  shall be working in collaboration with the BSPHCDA, health and nutrition sector to deliver
these services. The intention of this project is to prioritize maternal and
child health against killer diseases while providing OPD consultations, rapid
diagnosis, and treatment of common morbidities such as malaria, cholera and
typhoid, SRH services and referral of patients in need of secondary/specialized
health care services.lt/fontgtltbrgtltfont face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"gtAHSF will also in equal capacity prioritize management/ treatment of identified MAM children of 6-59 months using Tom Brown, conduction of MUAC screen,
counselling and training of mothers on Maternal, Infant, and Young Child
Nutrition (MIYCN). AHSF will promote malnutrition prevention through IYCF promotion and increase demand for consumption of nutrient dense locally available foods as well as increased access to specialized skilled MIYCN counselling amongst nutritionally vulnerable groups particularly PLWs and caregivers of children 6-23 months. MAM children 6-59 months identified using MUAC screening (MUAC lt 12.5 and gt 11.5 cm) will be enroll in cohort and will receive intervention that treat MAM using local solution (TOM Brown). PLWs and caregivers of children 6-23 months, adolescent girls' women and men will receive MIYCF promotion activities though community peer group platforms using mother or father peer support groups. IYCF promotion activities and training of mother on Family MUAC approach will be facilitated by trained CNMs and lead mothers based in the communities thereby building the capacity of the community structures on malnutrition programs to ensure the members of community take ownership and are able to respond to their nutrition needs using tested local models.lt/fontgtlt/pgt

ltpgtltspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif color: black"gtAs part of AHSF strategy to ensure multisectoral and protection mainstreaming, the recently completed implementation of similar services in Bama
and Gwoza, this funding from NHF will enable AHSF to strengthen the existing
health care and nutrition services by providing support to the health
facilities, OTPs and SCs in Gwoza LGA through linking intervention with nutrition sensitive sectors: WASH, Health, and GBV sub-sector. AHSF will integrate sensitization on hygiene promotion, GBV prevention and mitigation.  This project will also
include the deployment of Mobile clinics in the remote and hard-to-reach (H2R)
parts of Bama and Gwoza LGAs. AHSF will support MoH to ensure the continuation
of health and nutrition services by deployment of heath staff, capacity
building/training, procurement and distribution of cholera, and malaria essential
medicines and supplies with the associate kits. The project will also support
the reproductive health services, Malaria, Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD)/cholera,
SAM and MAM treatment, Basic Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) as
well as provision of MUAC screening and MIYCN counselling. The project will
facilitate the referral of patients in need of secondary/specialized health  facilities to Maiduguri and other locations when necessary. There will be
training of the health facility workers, CHEWs, JCHEWs and CHVs, which will be
deployed into facilities with lesser human resources and form three mobile
teams per LGAs that will comprise of 2 CHEWs, 1 JCHEWs and 1 CHVs in a team.
The CHVs would be deployed in conducting Risk Communication and Community
Engagement  in the area of disease outbreak prevention, SRH and hygiene
and sanitation promotion with mitigation measures in the nutrition response.lt/spangtlt/pgt