Provision of life saving integrated health and nutrition services to IDPs and vulnerable host populations in Galkacyo South of Mudug region of Somalia. International Medical Corps (IMC) is a US-registered independent affiliate organization of International Medical Corps UK (IMC UK), with which IMC UK shares the same name and charitable objectives and mission. IMC UK and IMC work together to deliver assistance programs in an accountable and effective manner to pursue their commonly held charitable objectives. IMC UK will engage IMC to implement its programs in the field, with IMC UK oversight, according to the terms and conditions of the agreement that results from this proposal and the terms of the party’s administrative service agreement. Together with IMC Croatia, IMC provides administrative and operational support to IMC UK and the programs on the ground, including but not limited to financial management, banking and cash management, procurement management/international procurements, and logistics.

This project's goal is to reduced morbidity and mortality related to acute malnutrition and infectious diseases by provision of emergency humanitarian support to drought affected IDPs and rural population in Galkacyo South District. The project will cover 8 months and targets to reach 30,000 direct beneficiaries (23,134 host and 6,866 IDPs), (4,800 lt5 Years old, 25,200 gt5 years old).
The nutrition component will ensure provision of life-saving nutrition services targeting 15,890 beneficiaries. The specific activities include, treatment of 1,392 severe malnourished children aged 6-59 months (724 female and 668 male) at the out-patient therapeutic program (OTP) sites, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counselling targeting 7,671 caregivers with children 0-24 months of age through individual counselling sessions, routine community screening for identification and referral of children with acute malnutrition targeting 21,415 children lt5 years of age and 7,671 Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLWs), staff capacity building, monthly community sensitization and dialogue meetings with 50 community influencers, Vitamin A supplementation for 7,029 children 6-59 months of age, deworming for 5,668 children 12-59 months of age and multiple micronutrient supplementation of 7,671 PLWs. Family MUAC targets to refer 189 cases (98 female and 91 male) to nutrition treatment centers. 
The health components targets 30,000 individuals (11,100 male amp 18,900 female) with scale up/strengthening of the Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Community Health Volunteer (CHVs) support for health and nutrition promotion, provision of lifesaving primary health care services through outreach mobile team for adults and children, provision of Basic Emergency Obstetric amp Neonatal Care (BEmONC), antenatal amp postnatal care, basic mental health/psychosocial support services, provision of essential medicines and supplies, provision of health promotion and health sensitization through CHVs, and referrals for services beyond the capacity of Mobile team to manage e.g., emergency medical, surgical amp nutritional cases requiring secondary health care and GBV cases. The services will be provided through 5 fixed Primary Health Units (PHUs), 2 Fixed Health center and 3 Mobile Health amp Nutrition team. Each Mobile team will serve 1 site (IDP camp/PHUs village) per week covering 15 sites over 5 working days. Mobile teams will operate from its base at Galkacyo South Hospital to replenish supplies and link referral cases to the Hospital and Health centers nearby, they also link with IDPs sites and PHUs via CHVs/CHWs based at IDP/PHUs sites.
Implementation sites for the integrated health and nutrition services include Bardanqaali and Dagaari fixed Health centers, 5 Fixed rural PHUs including Baxdo Gaabo, Fayuuke, Degagow, Bandarseed, Buulalay and and 9 IDP sites including Mahad Alle IDP, Sirmaqabe IDP, Baxsan 2 IDP, Carafat IDP, Gaas IDP, Gargaar IDP, Qorahey 1 IDP, Buula-Ajuuraan IDP and Hayaan IDP and Howlwadag-Galkacyo town village also served by Mobile team.