Health & Nutrition Emergency

Accommodation, food and other living expenses to 235 TB patients referred from IDP settlements were treated in Gode and joined their community after full recovery.

Awareness raising program was been carried out in H/sheik, K/beyah and Erer Gotha Shinile zone where the HIV/AIDS prevalence is very high in order to reduce the prevailing pandemic.

Women and children in the drought affected communities (including families with children living with disability) and asylum seekers with hosting communities have access to lifesaving nutrition services (screening for acute malnutrition, referrals to specialized care and protecting/promoting Infant & Young Child feeding.

Target groups are under five year age children who are malnourished, lactating mothers, pregnant women and elderly people and the number of beneficiaries at present are 1000 in both feedings and they are from the internally displaced people(IDPs) who moved to these areas after the severe drought in 2000.

As a result of the awareness raising program conducted the care and support to 40 OVC with their caretakers were assisted livelihood assistance, health and education services provided for two years from 2006 to end of 2007 and IGA scheme given to caretakers of 40 orphan children.

Young children with health options involving community engagement services working on HIV/AIDS in collaboration with Pact Ethiopia in three woredas- Jijiga, K/beyah and Awbare was conducted since 2006 and reached.