Health and Nutrition

In the last 30 years, preventable child and mother fatalities have declined dramatically. Despite progress for many children, the most vulnerable continue to confront a comparable weight of health and dietary difficulties as they did decades before.

In Somalia, we are assisting tens of thousands of people. RADCI health workers launch a mobile health clinic for mothers and children, delivering primary healthcare.  We will provide important health services like pre-and post-natal care, vaccines, and more to women and their children at no cost.

RADCI also works to prevent sickness by immunizing children and women and distributing several vitamins. We also maintain and repair hygienic latrines and hand-washing facilities at schools, health clinics, and displaced persons camps. In addition, as an effective way of disease prevention, RADCI will provide health, nutrition, and hygiene education to vulnerable communities.

RADCI services on health and nutrition:

Health

This includes:

• Support to provision of life-saving primary health care services through fixed and mobile outreach services including essential clinical care, communicable disease treatment, TB screening and treatment, emergency and trauma care etc.
• Provision of sexual and reproductive health services including SGBV
• Provision of Mental health/psychosocial (consultation) services
• Provide essential medications and supplies (PPE, diagnostics, case management).
• Establish referral pathways (for GBV, mental health and PSS services).
• Immunization services (in hard-to-reach areas not otherwise served).

 Nutrition

This includes:

• Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) treatment of children aged 6-59 months with medical complications in stabilization centers (in-patient treatment).
• Community workers screening and identification of acutely malnourished children and PLWs with appropriate referral for care and treatment
• Treatment of Children aged 6-59 months and Pregnant Lactating Women (PLW) through specialized food provisions Outpatient Therapeutic Program/ Supplementary Feeding program (OTP /SFP).
• Micronutrient support for vulnerable groups (children U5 & PLW) with Vitamin A & Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMN).
• Infant Young Child Feeding (IYCF/E) support for caregivers.
• Moderate Acutely Malnourished (MAM) Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP) assistance delivered through the SCOPE platform; consisting all beneficiaries’ registration, assistance top- up, redemption.