Integrated emergency life-saving health and nutrition services to Drought affected population in Wajid District of  Bakool Region. FEWS NET and FSNAU anticipate 4-5 million people in Somalia (25-30 percent of the population) will need humanitarian food assistance to prevent Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse outcomes this year, inclusive of up to 1.0-1.5 million people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). The areas of highest concern include Hawd Pastoral, Bay ,Bakool Low Potential Agropastoral, Addun Pastoral, Southern Agropastoral, and Togdheer Agropastoral livelihood zones, where Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are expected. . After several seasons of poor rainfall, a longer and hotter-than-normal jilaal dry season has led to widespread water scarcity and, consequently, an increase in human and livestock disease incidence. Reduced food and milk intake, low access to clean water, and rising disease incidence – including a measles outbreak – have led to an uptick in new admissions of severe and moderate acute malnutrition cases in several areas, such as Baidoa/Baydhaba district of Bay Region, where February admissions (8,884 cases) rose 130 percent compared to January. Critical (GAM WHZ 15-29.9 percent) levels of acute malnutrition are likely occurring in many southern and central areas, including Hawd Pastoral and Addun Pastoral livelihood zones Bay, Bakool, Hiiraan, and Gedo regions riverine areas five major IDP settlements in southern, central, and northeastern Somalia and the urban areas of Galkacyo (Mudug), Beletweyn (Hiiraan), and Xudur (Bakool). To response this alarming situation, ARD will intervene with the project title: Integrated emergency life saving health and nutrition services to Drought affected population in Waajid District in Bakool Region. The proposed project will be targeting 30,000 drought-affected people with equity access to girls, women, boys and men through 2 static health/nutrition center and 3 mobile IERT clinics. ARD will provide free outpatient consultations to 30,000 drought affected communities including 7200 girls, 7200 boys, 10,400 women and 5200 men. Provision of emergency obstetric care including ANC, skilled delivery, PNC and improve referral system through provision of transportation. The organization will conduct routine and supplementary immunization services to children under the age of five years, provision of Vitamin A and Deworming , management of AWD/Diarhea  and Pneumonia case detection and treatment,
The proposed project also aims at providing integrated Nutrition treatment and prevention services for Drought affected IDPs and host communities especially 6-59 month children and PLW in Wajid District of Bakool for a period of eight Months. It will contribute to reduction of nutrition related morbidity and mortality rates to below emergency threshold through Scale up of therapeutic feeding support for treatment of SAM/MAM cases through admission to OTP/TSFP,  establishing referral linkages to SC, IYCF promotion, Health, hygiene and Nutrition promotion and active case finding. The project would further contribute to the management of common causes of mortality (diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria) among children under 5 years old. In addition, the capacity of 45 staff(25 Women and 20 Men)  will be improved through( training them on IMCI, BEMONC, MPHHS, IMAM, and IYCF)  while 190 community members knowledge will be improved through training them on disaster risk reduction, AWD prevention, identification of cases and early referral to health facilities and  MUAC Malnutrition Detection training for 60 Mothers who are the care givers of program admitted cases, 36 CNWs/CHWs will be capacitated on MUAC and Referral System of malnourished cases.
The static sites will be Waaberi and Galbeed) and the mobile IERT sites will be
1. Mobile IERT 1 (Al-Amiin, Al-Mirifle/Baraka, Camp-Jadiid, Ceelboon and Elduur)
2. Mobile IERT 2 (Buurdhuxunle, Kulmiye, Mubarak, Tawakal and Towfiq)
3. Mobile IERT 3 (Himirow, Towaado, Lider Walalka, Bulsho nd Abag-Tumaal)