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 Background: Relief International has been working in the North Darfur region of Sudan to address the emergency needs of the populations since 2004. Through agriculture input distributions, livestock care, healthcare and nutrition service delivery RI has partnered with communities to alleviate suffering through relief work while developing long term strategies to facilitate development and empowerment.

RI is supporting six animal health facilities that are benefitting IDP and host populations alike in support of livelihood systems. Within this targeted livelihood component, trainings are being delivered by veterinarian specialists to increase the knowledge base upon which pastoralist livelihoods are built.

RI’s support of health facilities and health outposts seeks to increase the general access to, and therefore utilization of, healthcare and reproductive health services and health education through a community health promoters network. Mobile clinics are further increasing the access to services and have been instrumental in improving ante natal care (ANC) through culturally adapted methodologies. Additionally, vaccinations have been a focused component of the work, reaching IDPs and host communities to build immunity against childhood and other illnesses.

Nutrition remains a focal point of RI’s work in North Sudan. RI currently facilitates Outpatient Therapeutic Programs (OTP) in conjunction with Supplementary Feeding Programs (SFP) that target moderate acutely malnourished children and pregnant women. RI is committed to improvement in nutrition outcomes, treating malnutrition through multiple modalities and closely monitoring growth and recovery. A community outreach component of RI’s programming creates a mechanism through which to increase program coverage, develop active case finding and to deliver nutrition counseling.