Responding to immediate life saving and critical primary health care including SRHR needs among IDPs and their host communities in 4 woredas of Afar Region. This project was proposed in response to the increasing humanitarian needs among IDPs and their host community in Tigray and Amhara regions, the project aims to decrease morbidity and mortality among conflict and drought-affected and displaced girls, boys, women, and men in four targeted woredas of the two Regions. It will do so through immediate and short-term emergency health and Nutrition assistance through the MHNT implementation modality. The Child Protection, Gender, and key WASH component such as Hygiene promotion, COVID-19 prevention measures including IPC at health facilities are mainstreamed throughout the various activities of the project.
This project primarily focuses on providing technical and logistic supports to health centers, health posts, and Therapeutic Feeding Programmes (TFP) through Mobile Health and Nutrition Team (MHNT) implementation modality to identify, refer and treat Severely and Moderately Malnourished children under 5 and PLWs. Health Centers will be provided with technical and logistical support, including transport of essential Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) supplies and routine drugs, to successfully treat children and provide necessary follow-up. Health Workers and Health Extension Workers will receive training on gender-aware Acute Malnutrition (AM) management national guideline. Also, the primary health care system will be further strengthened for quality care and support service deliveries through the provision of logistic and technical supports, emergency drugs, the establishment of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) corners. Disease outbreak prevention including IYCF, COVID-19 prevention measures, and hygiene and sanitation promotion will be tailored with other ongoing efforts by the local government and other actors. Besides, through logistic and technical supports the project will maximize access to skilled birth attendance, SRH, and contraceptive for childbearing-aged girls and women. In addition, specific activities are planned to provide Psychosocial, health care, and support for SGBV and person with a disability.
Also, there will be joint supportive supervisions to provide on-the-job coaching to the Health Workers and Health Extension Workers for strengthening their ability to implement the skills learned and provide enhanced services to boys and girls of under-five age children and PLWs. Mothers, fathers, and caregivers will further be given orientation on Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) and positive parenting to increase their knowledge and ability to follow best feeding practices using the opportunities of supplementary food distribution programs and Out-Patient Therapeutic Feeding Programmes (OTP) days. 
Furthermore, beneficiary feedback and compliance will be also addressed through establishing and functioning a strong feedback mechanism at each kebeles of targeted intervention woredas. Beneficiary participation will be further strengthened through ensuring participation of beneficiaries during project start-up workshop, beneficiary selection, distribution of project input, project review meeting, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD).