Improve Health and Nutrition response activities in North Waste Syria for 12 months As the Syria crisis enters its ninth year, the humanitarian situation remains alarming across northwest Syria where the effects of conflict continue to have a devastating impact on the lives of 4 million people with an estimated 2.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The years of conflict have eroded people’s coping ability across resident and displaced communities, making timely and principled provision of humanitarian assistance for them all the more critical

The proposed project is aligned with the allocation strategy and has been designed to meet with the priorities and strategy area of allocation paper. 

This project will be implemented through 2 clusters (Health and Nutrition) aiming to reach the highest level of efficiency and effectiveness. The proposed components for this project will be as following 


ASO1: Helping to create a safer and more secure environment for children 

A-	Health
1- Helping to create a safer and more secure environment for children “ASO1” by covering the running costs and salaries for 2 PHCs level 2 located in (1 in Sarmada and 1 in Khawari in Idlib governorate). these facilities are already ongoing and active. established in 2016 and play a key role in supporting IDPs in camps and the Host community population. These 2 PHCs is covering a catchment population of 40,000 where over 60% of them are IDPs.
For Sarmada PHC only, Thalassemia clinic will be established and linked to IDA Blood Bank in Atareb which will provide regular Blood units for children suffering from Thalassemia in addition to their regular treatment. Salaries and running costs for 2 PHCs, and 1 Thalassemia clinic and blood bank will be covered. 

B-	Nutrition: 
As respond to Nutrition cluster-specific objectives “Strengthen lifesaving preventive nutrition services for vulnerable population groups focusing on appropriate infant and young child feeding practices in an emergency, micronutrient interventions and optimal maternal nutrition. (Linked HRP CSO 1)”, the proposed activity under this project will contribute in reaching to 200,000 children under the age of 5 years and PLWs through CMAM, IYCF-E and Health Integration programs by out-reach activities done by 10 community workers in the proposed 2 above PHCs in the same target areas ( Sarmada and AlKhwara/Saraqib Idlib). 


ASO2: Improving the living conditions of vulnerable conflict-affected people both in camps and out of camps 
C- Health 
 Improving the living conditions of vulnerable conflict-affected people both in camps and out of camps “ASO2” through running the ICU department in M. Wassem Maaz hospital (Bab Al-Salamah hospital) through covering salaries, running costs and medical drugs and consumables needs of services provision. this activity will cover a catchment population of 1.3 million accommodating in northern Aleppo. 70% of the ICU beds in northern Aleppo are active in this department and suspending the services will create a huge gap in the health system and effect life-saving secondary health care services. 


Projects’ components will take into consideration people with special needs, mental and physical disabilities, post-trauma and injury care, rehabilitation needs for trauma and non-conflict related injuries. IDA is planning to enrich the services through a quality framework plan allowing the mentioned population categories to reach a quality service. 
The proposed project will cover health and  Nutritional needs of both male and female, with a special focus on children, women and the elderly