Provision of Emergency Lifesaving Health, and Nutrition Response to population affected by Tonga crisis in Malakal, South Sudan Through the proposed project, IMC UK will provide critical lifesaving integrated health, and nutrition services to the conflict-affected, internally displaced people (IDPs) and host populations in  Malakal town, Buffer zone and Malakal PoC of Upper Nile State. The proposed response will reach 20,471 direct beneficiaries (including 3549 men, 5,306 women, 5309 boys and 6,309 girls) over 6 months in the three targeted sites.  
The nutrition response will aim to reach 2,881 direct beneficiaries (987boys, 1,027 girls and 867 pregnant and lactating women - PLW) among the population displaced during Tonga crisis. The direct number of beneficiaries for health is 9,180 (M: 3,122 F: 3,213 Boys: 1,377 Girls: 1,468) in Malakal Town and POC.   
IMC UK will ensure an integrated approach through close coordination between health, and nutrition, WASH, GBV and FSL activities. IMC will integrate Health, Nutrition amp GBV internally and for WASH/FSL will closely coordinate with the partners involved in providing services within the target locations. The proposed project will deploy three mobile teams (in buffer zone, POC and Malakal Town and other adjacent areas in Malakal where displaced populations are situated) that will provide integrated health, nutrition and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS).  

The health intervention will focus on improving access to quality primary health care, as well as surgical and trauma care. The three mobile teams will provide regular basic consultations, maternal and child health services, mental health and psychosocial support and referrals to secondary healthcare facilities. IMC UK will also strengthen existing services at Malakal Teaching Hospital and Malakal PoC static health facility through supplies and drugs, logistical support, capacity building and strengthening the referral system.  

The nutrition activities will focus on the treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition among children (boys and girls) aged 0-59 months and pregnant and lactating women (PLW), including passive and active screening for early detection and treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) at static and outreach sites. It will also include the provision of Infant Young Child feeding (IYCF) in an emergency at targeted health and nutrition sites. Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) activities will aim to enhance uptake of preventive nutrition services and improve knowledge on key infant and young child feeding practices aimed at addressing some of the root causes of malnutrition.  IMC will continue to promote and support optimal Maternal, Infant and Young Child feeding and care practices in target location, focusing on the most vulnerable populations including, children under age of five, pregnant and lactating women, amp women of reproductive age both at the nutrition sites and at the community level. IMC will work with UNICEF and MOH to secure IYCF education materials, which will be used during sensitization sessions and household visits. 
 IMC-UK will directly implement nutrition activities and scale up the nutrition outreach and mobile response services in Malakal wider area affected by the current displacement. This project further will complement and strengthen IMC UK’s ongoing interventions within static nutrition sites and will support outreach nutrition services. 

Through this project , IMC will ensure provision of survivor-centered case management and psychosocial support, implement Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSSs) programming, integrate GBV risk mitigation and survivor support across the Health and Nutrition interventions, provide capacity training to IMC staff, strengthen referral linkage, enhance County and State level GBV sub-cluster coordination, provide dignity kits to women and girls in in Malakal, as well as implement activities within women and girl safe spaces.