Foreign economic-aid-related services

Description

The ICCM2 programme will provide health services at the community level to treat children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in 24 counties across at least 8 states in South Sudan. The recipients will be the Ministry of Health (MoH) — Republic of South Sudan. Direct beneficiaries are children under five years of age, community-based distributors (CBDs), community nutrition volunteers (CNVs), County Health Management Teams, health facilities and community units. The programme impact will be to improve health care for children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and to contribute to a reduction in under-five child mortality rate in South Sudan. DFID South Sudan is initiating a new 21 month (April 2017 - December 2018) ICCM 2 programme to follow the current ICCM programme which ends in April 2017. The new contract starts on 11 April. The programme impact will be to improve health care for children suffering from malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and contribute to a reduction in the under-5 child mortality rate in South Sudan. The outcome, of UK support, will be the provision of lifesaving care to an estimated 883 000 children under-5 with a minimum of: — 1 300 000 treatments for malaria with Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT) — 850 000 treatments for pneumonia with antibiotics — 800 000 treatments for diarrhoea with Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) and zinc — 100 000 children treated for SAM with Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs) such as plumpy nut.