Provision integrated Emergency Health and Nutrition Response to Mitigate Drought Impacts in Xudur and Buur Hakaba Districts, Somalia

About this project

ltpgtThe proposed intervention will provide emergency, life-saving health and nutrition services to drought-affected populations in Xudur and Buurhakaba—priority districts in southern Somalia experiencing severe humanitarian need.ltbrgtThe project will reduce excess morbidity and mortality by expanding integrated health and nutrition services through static facilities, mobile outreach teams, community case management, and strengthened referral systems. Nutrition activities will be implemented in Burhakaba focusing on mass screening, early detection, and treatment of acute malnutrition among children under five, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and women of reproductive age in Burhakaba. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) will be treated through outpatient therapeutic programmes (OTP), iCCM+, and stabilisation care for complications. Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) will be managed through targeted supplementary feeding (TSFP), improved home diets using the Kobciye Shurbad model, micronutrient supplementation (MNPs, MMS), and IYCF counselling through Care Groups to improve feeding and caregiving practices.ltbrgtThe health component will operate in both districts to improve access to essential primary and referral-level services for rural and hard-to-reach populations. Core activities include outpatient consultations, essential medicines, mental health and psychosocial support, antenatal care, skilled deliveries, emergency obstetric care including caesarean sections, and streng…

Published by

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs · National NGO

Countries

Somalia

Sectors

Multisector aid

Funded by

Somalia Humanitarian Fund

Implemented by

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia

Accountable

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 4 Mar 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-SOM-25-R-INGO-38717.

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