Priority 2: Provide integrated emergency health  nutrition services  for conflict affected people in Aden, Lahj and Abyan governorates, Yemen The project aims at reducing morbidity and mortality of the most vulnerable, conflict-affected populations with focus on children under 5, pregnant and lactating women through the provision of integrated emergency health and nutrition services. 
The project addresses the health needs of people in acute need in 1 district in Lahj (Tuban district), 2 districts in Aden (Dar Sa’ad and Al-Buraiqa) and 2 districts in Abyan (Khanfar and Zingibar), with high needs severity (all level 6, except Khanfar level 5). The selection of these districts was done in close consultation with the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP) under supervision from health and nutrition sub-cluster Aden hub. 
The project will eventually support: 
Aden: 2 MCTs (Dar Sa’ad and Al-Buraiqa), with support for the referral hospital Al-Sadaqa, 2 BLS ambulances and network of CHVs.
Lahj: 1 static team working from caravan in IDP site (Al-Ribat), with support for the referral hospital Al-Wahat, 1 BLS ambulance and network of CHVs.
Abyan: 2 MCTs (Khanfar and Zungibar), MSP package support for 1 HC (Ja’ar/Khanfar) and 2 DHs (Shuqra/Khanfar and Zingibar), 2 BLS ambulances and network of CHVs.
The MCTs provide services to IDPS and the surrounding most vulnerable host community of these sites that faces challenges accessing the HFs due to the location/distance/cost of transportation. 
The services provided by the MCTs and at the health facilities (1 HC and 2 DHs) will be in line with the by cluster defined Minimum Service Package (MSP), providing for: EPI, IMCI, Reproductive Health/Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health, deliveries and antenatal and postnatal care for mothers newborn care, deworming, vitamin A supplementation, screening for malnutrition, treatment for acute malnutrition cases (CMAM), health education, outpatient treatment for common ailments, and nutrition treatment and prevention.  The project will support 2 district hospital to ensure referral services for secondary health care in Abyan – per MSP while the project will support 2 referral hospitals in Lahj and Aden with limited drugs and equipment to permit free-of-charge referral for critical cases.
36 CHVs will ensure acceptance, outreach and identification/referral, with critical importance for health and nutrition awareness and CMAM. The CHVs are all female, linked to the IDP sites. Community awareness are tailored per target, age and gender group. Messages about COVID-19 prevention and response are included in awareness raising activities. 
In order to mitigate the risks for staff and beneficiaries caused by COVID-19 pandemic, INTERSOS will apply COVID-19 protocols. 
Per request of the health cluster, INTERSOS also includes in the budget space for procurement of drugs, lab and medical consumables and equipment and furniture – 135,503.65 US$ for local partner RDP (for Lahj and Taiz) and 82,973.50 US$ for Human Access (for Lahj).
INTERSOS requested budget is a total of 2,016,628.19 US$, including the funds for the 2 partner NGOs mentioned above. The activities run 9 months for Aden and Lahj and 8 months for Abyan, for 54,271 direct beneficiaries (without double counting) for 40% IDPs and 60% Host Community, and 13% men, 31% women, 28% boys and 28% girls.