With support from the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is pursuing the operational phase of the second half of a project to support life-saving therapeutic and preventive nutrition services in northwestern Syria.
The project serves more than 100,000 direct beneficiaries in 29 villages and camps of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the northern parts of the country. This includes 53,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women and 58,000 male and female children.
The first half of the implementation phase has already been completed, including the recruitment and training of medical personnel under eight rapid response teams. Each team consists of one midwife, one nurse, one malnutrition therapist, two community health workers, and one for data entry.
The project’s activities were initiated in co-ordination with the local authorities and humanitarian agencies working in the targeted areas, which include 24 IDP camps in northwestern Syria. The aim is to save lives and reduce vulnerability, mortality, and morbidity rates among young children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women in northern Syria, including IDPs and the overburdened host communities.
Nutrition services were activated within the tasks of mobile rapid response teams, which consists of 44 health professionals, to expand the scope of coverage and deliver services to the most affected populations in underserved remote areas.
In light of the Covid-19 situation, adjustments were made to nutrition programmes to minimise infection risks while ensuring the continuity of life-saving nutrition services.
The first half of the implementation phase has already been completed, including the recruitment and training of medical personnel under eight rapid response teams. Each team consists of one midwife, one nurse, one malnutrition therapist, two community health workers, and one for data entry.
The project’s activities were initiated in co-ordination with the local authorities and humanitarian agencies working in the targeted areas, which include 24 IDP camps in northwestern Syria. The aim is to save lives and reduce vulnerability, mortality, and morbidity rates among young children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women in northern Syria, including IDPs and the overburdened host communities.
Nutrition services were activated within the tasks of mobile rapid response teams, which consists of 44 health professionals, to expand the scope of coverage and deliver services to the most affected populations in underserved remote areas.
In light of the Covid-19 situation, adjustments were made to nutrition programmes to minimise infection risks while ensuring the continuity of life-saving nutrition services.