AVSI South Sudan

Basic Services FundProject: Support to Integrated Health Care System in Ikwoto County, EES,Southern Sudan -Duration: 1 year – 600.000GBP000GBPOverall objective: To reduce mortality and morbidity in Eastern Equatoria Statethrough increased coverage of quality health services in Ikwoto CountyActivities: supervision and coordination support of the selected facilities (7PHCUs and 3 PHCCs), outreach activities, supplies of drugs and equipment,maintenance of the facilities, capacity building and overall logistic support to thecounty health system (in partnership with DoT)Beneficiaries: 87,188 (target population)Challenges:• This action is framed within the perspective of the Health Pooled Fund startingfrom 2013, which foresees the coverage of a whole County by a single NGO, witha strong community engagement. AVSI will become the health leading NGO forIkwoto County. We have to prove our capacity to do it properly.• Weakness of our only partner (CDoT) in EES and need to improve its capacity toact as a reliable and proactive health partner• Operating Theatre in Isohe to be completed and operative as soon as possible(submission of a proposal to Provincia di Bolzano)• Health Coordinator to be recruited as soon as possible (fundamental in order toconsolidate our health skills and expertise and to be ready for the HPF in 2013 ).BUT this recruitment seems complicated