Emergency Health response support for Conflict-affected communities in Dessie zuria and Thehulederie woredas, South Wollo Zone of Amhara and Teru and Yallo woredas, Zone 4 of Afar regions. The project intends to respond to the Humanitarian crisis that has been affecting Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions. The project is designed to provide Mobile Health and Nutrition Response (MHNR) services in the most affected four woredas (Dessie Zuria and Tehulederie woredas, South wello zone of Amhara and Teru and Yallo woredas, Zone 4 of Afar regions) in which MCMDO is delivering similar services for the last 1 year. This project will facilitate access to displaced and vulnerable host communities due to the ongoing conflict to essential health services through deploying Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams (MHNT) and surge support to manage referrals from the MHNTs and strengthen the local health system in health facilities that are damaged, looted and disrupted. 
The beneficiaries are people severely affected by Conflict IDPs with low access to health and nutrition services and other public health interventions in the targeted four woredas. They will have access (direct beneficiaries) to the MCMDO four MHNT in four woreda. Each MHNTs will conduct general consultations, maternal and reproductive consultations and routine vaccination in at least five IDPs/service delivery sites that will be selected with the RHB, zonal/ woreda health office and cluster members. Monthly MUAC screening will also ensure identification of acute malnutrition and provide supplementary food for MAM and referral for SAM with medical complication. It is projected that, during the six month project period, and calculated at a utilization rate of 1.5 consultations /person /year. IDPs and host communities in four woredas in the selected operational kebeles will directly benefit from general medical consultations, routine vaccinations, maternal health services, MUAC screening on monthly basis. These direct beneficiaries are 70,304 IDPs and Host communities include 11,334 children under five and more than 2,432 PLWs to deliver consultations, treatment, family planning, immunization, surveillance, MCH services, nutrition screening, response to outbreaks and referral services. The Team is also responsible to report on regular basis to early warning weekly and DHIS 2 on communicable disease alerts of outbreaks, when needed to undertake together with the Zonal/ woreda RRTs outbreak investigation for the confirmation of outbreaks and initiation of rapid response supporting for the control of diseases spread in the most remote and underserved communities, The team also provide MHPSS services including trauma care for most vulnerable communities in the areas and re functionalizing the local health system supporting Health workers and HEWs on surveillance and outbreak management. The project also integrates and support key activities on prevention and control of COVID-19. The project will ensure strong coordination and partnerships with humanitarian response organizations and the regional government as well as the Federal government to harmonize and achieve sustainable impacts on the communities affected. 

The project will be implemented for a period of six months to cover the immediate health service needs aiming to reduce the avoidable mortality and mortality attributable to displacement, food insecurity, and outbreaks including Covid-19 with a total budget of USD 220,000.01 which will help MCMDO to resume the health services being delivered in the targeted woredas for the coming six months period.