Sustainable nutrition for conflict affected population in South Darfur Sudan is endowed with rich natural resources however has faced protracted conflict for over a decade especially in the Darfur region.

Proposed localities of Katayla and El salaam of South Darfur are priority localities under the 2016 Sudan Humanitarian Fund and therefore being targeted under this concept note. Not only are they among the most underserved in the state, they also host internally displaced persons further increasing demand on an already inadequate state of health and nutrition facilities. This creates a double tragedy for the communities in the two localities thus underscoring the need and urgency to address current health and nutrition gaps. 

Prevalence of Global Acute Malnutrition in El Salaam locality is 29.1% and Katayla 22.3% which are above the WHO emergency threshold. Severe Acute Malnutrition is 10.4% in El salaam and 4.5% in Katayla, Half (47.2%) the children in Al Salaam are stunted while Katayla has 26.2% stunting prevalence. 

The absence of NGO health and nutrition partners in Katayla and only two (including WV) in El Salaam makes access to quality essential health care and nutrition for these vulnerable communities very minimal. 


It is against this background that WV proposes a nutrition project that will be hosted within existing SMoH managed Primary Health Care clinics. This is a two-way beneficial project whereby malnourished children and women admitted in the proposed nutrition project will benefit from health services provided at the hosting PHC clinic. On the other hand, the staff of the hosting PHC clinic will be trained in CMAM and IYCF. Ultimately, the targeted community will access the nutrition and health services concurrently making PHC package more comprehensive and accessible at a one-stop.

The project proposes the following CMAM services 3 OTPs and 1 TSFP:
1. Alsalaam locality: one existing OTP, 1 new TSFP at Senai Deliba PHC clinic
2. Katayla locality: 
         a. one new OTP at Katayla PHC clinic
         b. one new OTP at Abusigan PHC clinic. 

The proposed project goal is to contribute to sustainable nutrition for conflict affected population in South Darfur. This will be achieved through the following objective.

To reduce and maintain of Global Acute Malnutrition to below emergency threshold through integrated curative and preventive approaches among nutritionally vulnerable groups (girls and boys aged Under 5 years, pregnant and lactating mothers) in El Salaam and Katayla localities of South Darfur State.

The following direct project beneficiaries will be targeted with the respective interventions (37,877: 32% girls and boys aged under 5 years, 62% women and 6% men). 

	12,152 of girls and boys aged 6 – 59 months screened for acute malnutrition
	3,127 of pregnant and lactating mothers screened for acute malnutrition
	783 girls and boys treated for SAM at OTP
	926 girls and boys treated for MAM at TSFP 
	232 pregnant and lactating mothers treated for MAM at TSFP
	25 health staff trained on CMAM
	25 health staff trained on C-IYCF
	60 CORPs trained on CMAM outreach
	20 Nutrition Care Group Lead mothers targeted for training 
	60 households for establishment of household kitchen gardens
	22,452 men and women reached with education messages using social behavior change communication (SBCC).
	7,253 (436 pregnant women and 6,817 girls and boys aged below five years) to receive routine vaccinations against immunizable diseases.
	60 male and female community owned resource persons (CORPs) to provide health and nutrition education through social behavior change communication (SBCC), community mobilization, active case finding, referral and follow up for CMAM