The project aimed to enhance access to quality health, nutrition, and WASH services to people affected by the South Sudan crisis in Kenya. AICHM recognizes the significance of primary health care services for refugees and the host community through collaborative efforts with MOH, JIA, UNHCR, IRC, KRCS, and other stakeholders. AICHM, with the support of JIA, provided health services in several contexts, monitored health status and access to health services, and built local capacity through technical guidance, infrastructure improvements, as well as the provision of medicines, equipment, and supplies when needed.
The project operated in 3 facilities namely Nakoyo, Nalemsekon, and Naragae plus undertaking medical outreaches to hard to reach communities.
Primary health care services offered through this project are preventive, diagnostic, and curative. These services include clinical consultations, immunization services, laboratory services, reproductive health newborn child adolescent health (RMNCAH), community health program, linkages/ referrals, Safe motherhood interventions with a focus on high-risk pregnancies, and nutrition care both preventive and curative.