Provision of life saving first-line primary emergency health services to IDPs and conflict affected communities in Iraq. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality among newly displaced and critically at risk population in South Ninewa and North Salah al-Din areas, through the implementation of an emergency intervention providing first line response phase which will include the provision of free life-saving integrated primary health care services by running Mobile Medical Teams (MMTs) and through the activation of a network of community health workers (CHWs) assuring outreach health services. The MMTs will provide the exceptionally high degrees of flexibility required by the humanitarian planning for Mosul considering that the context remains fluid and a large number of variables are outside the control of humanitarian actors. The MMTs is a strategy to cover pockets of population (IDPs) with no coverage from the existing PHCCs in full coordination with local DoH.
A liaison officer will also be appointed to actively collect constant information on the situation and facilitate safe access to the areas of intervention ensuring the maximum flexibility embedded in the mobile strategy. He will be in charge of establishing meaningful engagement with the target communities and the military actors, promote information dissemination and mobilize resources.
The proposal follows on the priorities set by the health cluster and by the Ministry of Health (MoH) for emergency health interventions: provision of an integrated package of primary health care services with emergency referrals, disease surveillance and the inclusion of basic reproductive health, through fully equipped and staffed mobile teams providing essential primary health services for areas where primary health services have been disrupted or have become unavailable or not sufficient. The CHWs will facilitate the referral services and will integrate the health services delivered with mobilization activities aimed at strengthening preventive and health seeking behavior of the targeted beneficiaries. Through this project at total of 36,000 IDPs and critically at risk people (including host communities and returnees) will have access to integrated package of Emergency Primary Health Care (EPHC) services, including Reproductive Health/Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health (RH/MNCH), antenatal and postnatal care for mothers newborn care, vitamin A supplementation, screening for malnutrition and triage emergency services. The proposal foresees the activation of 2 MMTs composed by 1 doctor, 1 gynecologist, 1 nurse and 1 hygienist. The MMTs will visit 1 target location per day, 5 days per week. Based on the needs, possible night shifts could be organized. The MMTs will be deployed in areas with pockets of IDP population and no coverage from the existing PHCCs in South Ninewa (i.e. Qayyara) and North Salah al-Din areas (Shirqat and surroundings). 
Once camps and emergency camps will be completed as per MCPM, the MMTs could be deployed there, based on the needs and availability of partners, being the mobile approach fully suitable to be adapted to the fluidity of the situation. 50% of the activities are to be concentrated in South Ninewa and 50% in North Salah al-Din area including Shirqat town.