Integrated health and nutrition response to drought affected communities in xudur district Bakool region This is an integrated health and Nutrition response to scale up the effects of the famine/droughts in Bakol region South west state Somalia. It is intended to mitigate the physical and protection consequences of drought on populations and communities in Xudur District. The main objective of this project is to provide integrated life-saving emergency primary health and Nutrition services to 20,000 (Nutrition: 5,300 Boys, 5,100 Girls and 7,000 PLW, for Health: 5,300 Boys, 5,100 Girls and 7,000 women, 2,600 men) affected direct beneficiaries in Xudur through the provision of seven health amp Nutrition  IERT teams for integrated services in Ceelgadow IDP, Wardhujiley IDP , Yowkoyow IDP, Dhursheen Shibele IDP, Tiyeeglow IDP, Abal IDP , Doon dardiir IDP and   host communities and  three health and Nutrition static facility at Horseed village, Mooragaabey  and Buulow village  in Xudur district. HIDIG emphasis will be on maternal, neonatal and child health including emergency immunization,pyschsocial support, outpatient consultation (OPD), GBV case management and referral to the host communities ,rural hard to reach areas and IDPs as well as treatment of severe acute malnutrition,HIDIG will closely coordinate with Xudur district Local MOH as well as south west level MOH and social mobilizers, elders all involved in activities on mobilizing communities as well HIDIG will supports mental health and psychosocial services to further ensure the community members/leaders engagement and involvement in community mental health services and importance of community education on the available mental health , psychosocial and SGBV within the HIDIG Health and nutrition  IERT team in Xudur target sites.

On the other hand, the nutrition component intends to achieve comprehensive community outreach outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTP) and supplementary feeding program [TSFP] centers integrated with primary health care services managed by HIDG thus providing more holistic opportunity to the target beneficiaries. It shall also endeavor to provide adequate  caregivers infant and young child feeding practices, IYCF/NHHP  promotion session for better information dissemination to the caregivers in the project area, Referral of malnourished children with severely complicated cases will be done to the target under five boys and girls as well as providing multiple micronutrient , iron folic , deworming and vitamin A supplementation to both lt5children boys, girls and PLW including 15% disable group, HIDIG  will ensure to engage community nutrition volunteers (CNV) through provision of monthly mass screening and referral services, However,  will ensure to undertake health and Nutrition activities that will be integrated in the sense that under five children boys, girls admitted at the OTP sites will be immunized against measles and other communicable disease and as well the SAM complicated cases referred to the established stabilization centers at Yeed town for proper medical treatment, on the same note the mothers visiting ANC/PNC at the mobile clinic will be provided both NHHP/IYCF-E and shall be integrated with hygiene promotions activities such as hand washing practices
To ensure proper services delivery at Ceelgadow IDP, Wardhujiley IDP , Yowkoyow IDP, Dhursheen Shibele IDP, Tiyeeglow IDP, Abal IDP , Doon dardiir IDP host communities and IDP and three   health and Nutrition static facility at Horseed village ,Mooragaabey  and Buulow village in Xudur district nutrition will be provided to the hard-to-reach areas. HIDIG with its technical team will integrate surveillance and emergency preparedness in the program so that enough steps are taken in ensuring early response to both health and nutrition cases and this will be coordinated with the local actors in the region