Provision of life-saving Nutrition services for the PIN through 1 stabilization center and RRTs in Dana subdistrict The arrival of about 840,000 IDPs to the areas near the Syrian-Turkish border has resulted an insufficient access to curative and preventive nutrition services, and this requiring interventions to ensure continuity of existing nutrition services and increased coverage of services for treatment of acute malnutrition (SAM and MAM) among children aged 6-59 months in addition to increase the delivery of life-saving nutrition services in high needs locations.
The project will scale up the existing nutrition services for CU5 and PLW to fill the gaps (according to Nutrition cluster plan) in the high severity communities and IDPs hosting areas in Dana subdistrict, which are being provided with nutrition services including our OTP center, Stabilization center and 6 RRTs, the nutrition activities in this project will be implemented by 1 stabilization center located in Sarmada children’s hospital which considered as a key referral pediatric hospital for health and nutrition cases in Dana subdistrict, and 6 extra rapid response teams (RRTs) will cover the community of Sarmada and more than 50 IDPs camps (Main locations: Burdaqly camps, Bab El Hawa camps, Wadi Abaas camps, Tal Elkarameh camps, Babisqa camps amp Burj Elnumra camps) through:
A. 6 RRTs cover the gaps in the communities of Sarmada, Bab El Hawa, Burdaqly and Burj Elnumra, each team will be consisted of 1 nutritionist, 2 CHW, 1 nurse and 1 data entry, these teams will work on:
- Screening and referral of children under 5 (CU5) and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) with dangers signs and medical problems to the OTP and SC centers.
- Providing emergency infant and young child feeding (IYCF-E) counseling and disseminating messages on IYCF-E recommended feeding practices.
- Distributing micronutrients for preventing of anaemia and malnutrition among children and pregnant, lactating women for the far communities and non able to be referred cases.
- Registering all screened cases and reporting to the nutritionists and data entry team members.
- Nutrition Supplements distribution.
- Disseminating messages (IEC/BCC) on IYCF-E recommended feeding practices amp rising awareness about COVID-19 pandemic.
- Identifying the abused cases among boys and girls 6-59 months, pregnant and lactating women to be referred to child protection partners to take an action.

B. Stabilization center in Sarmada children's hospital: Scale up the center with 10 extra beds with one more resident pediatrician and 3 nurses to cover the expansion of the center to have 20 beds in total, the center has now 10 beds and runs by 1 pediatrician, 1 Nutritionist, 3 nurses (1 nurse every 8 hours, 3 shifts) and 1 data Entry , 3 cleaners, covers inpatient services on daily 24/7, providing daily assessment and management of inpatient pediatrics for SAM with complications.
The staff of the center and the RRTs is qualified and trained in many topics in nutrition cluster.

So the project will contribute in covering the urgent gaps through scaling up the nutrition services in Dana sub-district and will play a role in facing chronic Malnutrition (Stunting) at the long term beyond the project end.