Provision of integrated mobile health and protection services to conflict-affected IDPs and host communities in Poltava and Kharkiv Oblasts The proposed intervention will address the humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable conflict-affected population in Poltava Oblast (3 groumadas from: Myrhorod, Zinkiv, Dykanka, Kotlva, Hlobyne, Novi Sanzahary) and Kharkiv Oblast (Barvinkivska, Blizniukivska, Novovodolazka groumadas) through an integrated intervention encompassing Protection and Health. 

The proposed action will be implemented by INTERSOS (targeting Poltava Oblast), in partnership with the local partner Light of Hope/LoH (targeting Kharkiv Oblast). 
The internal know-how of both organizations in the sectors of health and protection, assures organizational capacity to deliver with efficiency and through a harmonized approach within all the main interventions of the proposed package of activities. 

Building on the strong community engagement mechanisms established in the targeted areas and on the expertise in integrating health and protection programming of both partners, the intervention will aim at tackling the identified needs by focusing on:

-Provision of integrated Primary Health Care (PHC) services  and protection services through the establishment of six mobile teams (3 in Poltava and 3 in Kharkiv) roving in hard-to-reach locations to address the challenges with access to basic health support and protection assistance, faced in particular by displaced communities and conflict-affected population. For the protection component, the activities conducted by the mobile teams include: case management for People with Specific Needs (PwSN), Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases and Child Protection (CP), group and individual psycho-social support (PSS), protection monitoring, prevention activities such as protection awareness and community-based activities. For the integrated Health component, the proposed activities include: primary health care full package, provision of medical supplies, screening and referral to Primary Health Care Centers (PHCCs)/secondary care and health promotion. The establishment of joint Health and Protection mobile teams by both partners has the advantage to practically implement integration among the two sectors and strengthen referral pathways in both ways, using both components as entry points.

-Improving access to information and services in remote areas for IDPs and conflict-affected communities by protection and health awareness activities, as well as strengthening accountability to affected populations (AAP): two-way communication with communities, feedback mechanisms and community engagement, by the establishment of network of trained Outreach Facilitators in the framework of the community-based protection mechanisms.

-Improving meaningful access to services to people with specific needs and disability, aiming at reaching the most vulnerable individuals living in remote and conflict-affected areas and mainstreaming protection principles related to meaningful  inclusion and participation. 

The intervention will be the continuation of the activities recently established in the area (UHF/2nd RA) and will be based on close synergies with other projects: in Poltava, with the mobile teams already operated by INTERSOS (under UNHCR/AICS-funded projects) and LoH in Kharkiv, with the winterization and RRM interventions implemented by INTERSOS and the medical services already provided by LoH. The project will include a component of capacity building to the local partner, with focus on institutional capacity, protection mainstreaming and safeguarding 

27278 individuals, particularly women, children at risk and people with special needs, will benefit from the foreseen services, which will directly tackle the needs identified through the lesson learned from previous and current programs of both INTERSOS and LoH