Provision of integrated Health and Nutrition interventions for the vulnerable population affected by increased violence, displacement and food insecurity in Canal-Pigi of Jonglei State, South Sudan ltp class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align:justifytext-justify:inter-ideograph"gtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gtIMC UK's proposed project will provide critical lifesaving integrated health and nutrition services to the conflict-affected, internally displaced people (IDPs) and host populations in Canal-Pigi County, Jonglei State. lt/spangtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrimso-bidi-font-family:Arial
font-size:11.0000pt"gtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align:justifytext-justify:inter-ideograph"gtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gtThe integrated health response will support an estimated 21,586 people over a twelve-month period (6870 Women, 4137 Girls, 6605 men, 3974 Boys). Specifically, health will reach 17,500 individuals. The activities will involve the deployment of mobile medical teams to provide essential life-saving care and referral support services to lt/spangtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gthard-to-reachlt/spangtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gt vulnerable populations thereby reducing the pressure on existing facilities, support existing health facilities by prepositioning medicines and medical commodities in anticipation of the isolation of health facilities by flooding or conflicts, and improve the capacity of frontline health workers to respond to shocks. Essential health services will focus on delivering maternal and child healthcare and elements of MISP (Minimum Initial Service Package) in emergencies service packages, communicable and non-communicable diseases treatment, treatment for injuries and basic first aid, active and passive disease surveillance, and response, maintaining the supply of rapid diagnostic tests, lt/spangtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gtand expand the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), and GBV response services (Clinical Management of Rape).lt/spangtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="text-align:justifytext-justify:inter-ideograph"gtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gtThe proposed nutrition response will reach 11,526 direct beneficiaries (including 854 men, 2561 women, 3974 boys and 4137 girls) over 12 months in the targeted counties. lt/spangtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrimso-bidi-font-family:Arial
font-size:11.0000pt"gtlt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="MsoNormal"gtltspan style="mso-spacerun:'yes'font-family:Calibrifont-size:11.0000pt"gtThe proposed nutrition response will focus on the early detection and treatment of girls and boys under 5 and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) affected by severe and moderate acute malnutrition (SAM and MAM), Promotion of optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices, monitoring and supervision visits to improve the quality of care at the nutrition sites, capacity building of frontline health workers through job training (OJT) and mentoring and supporting of the community nutrition volunteers to undertake home visits. Through this funding, IMC will strengthen and rehabilitate 8 nutrition sites (5 static and 3 outreaches) through the establishment of OTP/TSFP sites in Pigi/Canal. The nutrition and health activities will be integrated, through close coordination and joint programming. The project will further complement, build on the ongoing nutrition response and strengthen IMC UK's existing interventions in Pigi-Canal.lt/spangtlt/pgtltp class="sceditor-nlf"gtltbrgtlt/pgt