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Virtual SN Health Cluster Zoom Meeting for Ibb & Taiz (OC) 13Th September, 2020 Virtual SN Health Cluster Zoom Meeting for Ibb & Taiz (OC) 13th September, 2020. Date: Sunday, 13th September,2020. Venue: Virtual Zoom Time: 10:00 AM Agenda Discussion Action Point/ Comments • Welcoming the health partners • Review of the last meeting action point Communic COVID-19 International, Regional & National Updates: • SNHC to share IU able Globally: mapping to the diseases’ • Confirmed:45,428,731 partners Situation • Total Deaths:1,185,721deaths(CFR=2.6%) • Partners to share Updates & • USA:8,852,730 the current Response • India:8,137,119 support to DTC. • Brazil:5,494,376 • UNICEF to follow EMRO: up vaccination • Confirmed:3,086,153 activities in As • Total Deaths:78,504 (CFR=2.5%) Saddah to scale up • Iran:612,772 the vaccination • Iraq:472,630 rate • KSA:347,282 • Pakistan:332,993 Yemen: • 2013 confirmed case reported in southern & eastern governorates to WHO. • 583 death • Decreasing in reported cases • The highest reported from Hadramout, Taiz ,Aden, Shabwah& Lahj Governorates • Increase in testing cases in Al Mukala & Sayon NCPHL https://covid19.who.int/ Ibb Gov. Epidemiological Updates • Cholera: The cumulative figures in IBB Governorate from 1 January to 30 Oct 2020 The cumulative figures in IBB Governorate from 1 January to 30 Oct 2020 Number Of Cases:19802 Deaths:12 Lab confirmed Cases: 2 CFR:0.06% Mainly in Females (10290 case)=60% The main reporting districts are: • Ibb • Yarim • As Saddah • As Sabrah • Jiblah • Dhi As Sufal • Al Makhadir • Hubaysh • Al Mashannah • Ar Radmah • Al Udayn Distribution of Suspected Cholera Cases by RDT Results Negative=1135 Positive= 557 Not Done=17898 Dear casese were reported form • Al Makhadir • Hazm Al Udayn • Hubaysh • Ibb • Yarim • As Saddah Response: SARI repose: • SARI cases received in Alsahool Hospital IU while Jiblah has stopped • SARI Triage establishment by health partners • WHO Plan to supported NCPHL Ibb with PCR Machine, waiting for setting up, training & reagents • WHO support to IU is continued • Incentive payment to IU staff is discussed with MOPH • SCI support triage in 3HFs in Ibb, including training, PPEs & incentives for staff, facing challenge in conducting the training7 PPEs as MOPH requested for equipment support & GHO has communicated MOPH Cholera: • GHO received reasonable amount of cholera medications from MOPH, UNICEF (45 HFs were supported) & WHO. • UNICEF continue support to DTC, incentive delay due to financial challenges with MOPH, 3 DTC is continue, one in AL Yahari in AL Saianin will be stopped, Some of 40 ORCs stop and moved to 3rd phase EHNP and will continue AWD treatment • UNICEF will continue support to Al Magmaa in Ibb district, • SIC, Support 3 DTC in Ar Rhadhmah, Yareem & AL Shaer, cuppoted to December 2020. • Observer will continue the support to Al Gamaa CTC, cases not increased during the last weeks and scale down is expected if decrease in case number. 1st YHF Strategic Priorities and Activities • SNHC to share Standard • Mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and reduce the outbreaks of infectious diseases by helping to YHF documents Allocation- suppress the factors that lead to epidemics, upgrading treatment capacities and expanding will partners Health epidemiological surveillance. Updates • Help millions of destitute Yemenis overcome hunger by providing food and nutrition assistance, increasing household incomes and advocating for measures that bring economic stability. • Promote the dignity of displaced families living in emergency and IDP settlements by upgrading sub-standard sites and providing services and shelter. • Reduce the risk of displacement and violence against civilians and facilitating the recovery of people traumatized by the conflict by advocating for adherence to international humanitarian law and providing specialized services and support. • Preserving the capacity of public sector institutions to deliver life-saving basic services by providing key inputs and support. • SA will focus on the following priorities: • Activities covering high priority gaps for people in acute needs in the hardest hard to reach areas; • Activities covering gaps for people in acute needs in the ongoing emergency response; • Priority 1: High priority gaps in interventions for people in most acute needs in the hardest of the hard to reach areas. Partners’ interventions will focus in 34 districts and 94 sub-districts in eight governorates (Ad Dhale, Al Baydah, Hudaydah, Al Jawf, Hajjah, Marib, Sa’ada, Taizz) . These people are particularly at risk, as responding to their needs is constrained by a combination of armed conflict, bureaucracy and/or logistic impediments • The following cluster activities will be prioritised: o FSAC: o Nutrition o WASH: o Health: o Protection: o Education: o Shelter/NFIs: o CCM: • Rapid Response Mechanism The hardest of the Hard to reach areas مقبنه YE15 Maqbanah تعز Ta'iz المخاء YE15 Al Makha تعز Ta'iz الصلو YE15 As Silw تعز Ta'iz حيفان YE15 Hayfan تعز Ta'iz • Priority 2: Covering gaps in clusters’ ongoing emergency response for people in acute need. Of the 24 million people in need in Yemen, 4.03 million people are in acute need (cat 4,5,6). Clusters will identify areas of convergence for greater synergy and impact on the ground • - Critically underfunded protection programmes: • - IDP response; to cover gaps in the Rapid Response Mechanism, Health, WASH, Education, FSAC, Nutrition and Shelter/NFI in IDP collective sites and areas hosting large number of IDPs • Pre-positioning critical life-saving emergency items in line with the national contingency plan. AOB: Mapping WaSH in HFs • SNHC to share WaSH in request to Gov. District Partner HF HF name_Ar Department/ Assessment Summary of WaSH Funding Status Donor Proposed Proposed Comments HFs partners for name_Eng Section done Interventions (Aproved/Negotiation/ Starting date Completion Mapping inputs (Hospitals) (Yes/No) Not Yet) date • For feedback & comments, please contact Dr Fouad Othman, Subnational Health cluster coordinator in Taiz [email protected] .
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