Life Saving Emergency nutrition response in Goro Muti, Melka Belo and Doba woredas of East and West Hararghe Zones of Oromia Region, In alignment with the EHF 2021 strategic allocation document, World Vision designed this nutrition response to respond to the emergency needs of the people in the prioritized hot spot districts of East and West Hararghe Zones of Oromia region. The selection of the districts is based on hotspot priority for nutrition responses and the current SAM caseloads in the woreda.  Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, needs across health and nutrition are expected to increase as movement is restricted, livelihood opportunities decrease, and prices of food and basic necessities inflate. Effective emergency response requires the implementation of nutrition response program at both the facility and community levels in order to maximize the desired impact.
The health systems will be supported to identify and treat malnourished children, and the intervention will support children in need of Infant and Young Child Feeding practices and malnourished pregnant and lactating women. 
The overall objectives of initiating this response is to provide timely access to live-saving quality treatment of acute malnutrition for children under 5 (CU5) and pregnant and lactating women. In addition, the response will strengthen the capacity of Woreda Health Offices (WHOs) to improve systems for malnutrition response.
The response will intensify MUAC screening among affected households and population for early case detection and treatments. The response will strengthen referral of malnourished cases to health facilities from the IDP sites/camps and host communities. An intensified community sensitization on key IYCF practices, hygiene promotion, and health seeking behaviors will be promoted. The response will support in repositioning of nutrition supplies and drugs for the treatment of malnourished children and PLW. Nutrition services are also strengthened in outreach and IDP sites in collaboration with the woreda health offices.
In all the targeted woredas, WASH services like creating access to water supplies in health facilities, clean and safe sanitation in health facilities, hand hygiene facilities at points of care and at toilets and appropriate waste disposal systems are implemented. WV has also Integrated livelihood and Nutrition Security (ILaNS) nutrition response in Melka Belo through Private Non-Sponsor (PNS) Canada support. World Vision’s livelihood strategies focuses on equipping and empowering families to overcome uncertainties in practical and sustainable ways It  also equip smallholder farmers to develop productive and resilient livelihoods and in managing the natural resources around them.
Hence, World Vision Ethiopia is proposing emergency nutrition response in the three woredas to implement the minimum package of nutrition interventions. This six months project ( July to December 2021) intends to provide nutrition interventions to treat malnourished children, children in need of Infant and Young Child Feeding practices support, and malnourished pregnant and lactating women in order to build their immune response to disease, including COVID-19.