Integrated Multisectoral Rapid Life-Saving Response to Disease Outbreaks and Acute Malnutrition in Seven Woredas of Tigray Region and Two Woredas of Contested Areas 3.
Six Months of Integrated Health, Nutrition and WASH Assistance
Project at a Glance
Implementing organization: Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO)
Donor: Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF)
Implementation period: 1 April–30 September 2026
Project budget: US$4.55 million
Locations: Zalambessa Town, Adigudom, Mekelle (Adihaki Sub City), Zana, Kola Tembien, Enticho Town, Mekhoni Town, Raya Alamata and Ofla Woreda
Sectors: Health, Nutrition and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Bringing Essential Services Closer to Communities
Over six months, MCMDO delivered an integrated humanitarian response to address urgent health, nutrition and WASH needs across nine target locations, with US$4.55 million in support from the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF). By combining essential healthcare, nutrition services, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions, the project addressed interconnected needs affecting community health and well-being. Through mobile health services, support for health facilities, treatment of acute malnutrition, and improvements to water and sanitation services, the response worked to strengthen access to essential services for affected communities.
Health: Expanding Access to Essential Healthcare
Through mobile health services and support to health facilities, MCMDO worked to improve access to primary healthcare, maternal and child health services, immunization, disease surveillance and outbreak response. Activities also included providing essential medicines and medical supplies, health promotion, and rehabilitating health facilities to help restore critical services. During the project period, 148,246 people received health services, and 39 health facilities received support .
Read the stories:
- From Open Field Care to a Restored Health Post in TselgoÂ
- From Abandoned to Life Saving: How One Rehabilitated Health Post Gave New Life to a Mother and Her Baby
-  A Mother’s Smile Returns: Emebet’s Journey Through Mental Health CareÂ
- From Fear to Hope: Almaz’s Safe Delivery Marks the Return of Lifesaving Care in Zalambessa
Nutrition: Preventing and Addressing Acute Malnutrition
MCMDO integrated nutrition services into the humanitarian response through screening and treatment of acute malnutrition, community-based nutrition support, and Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) activities. Nutrition education and caregiver support also helped promote appropriate feeding practices and early identification of malnutrition. Through these interventions, 20,899 children received treatment for acute malnutrition, while 4,995 caregivers and community members received nutrition education or feeding support.
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WASH: Improving Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
To help reduce public health risks, MCMDO rehabilitated water supply systems and sanitation facilities, while conducting hygiene promotion and community awareness activities. The response also provided hygiene supplies and included water quality testing to promote safer water use and improved hygiene practices. By the end of the project, 72 water points or water supply systems had been rehabilitated, 36 sanitation facilities had been improved, and 10,800 households had been reached through WASH non-food item (WASH-NFI) support. In addition, 386,699 people had been reached through hygiene promotion activities.
Read the stories:
- A Walk for Water Should Not Be a Walk into Danger
- Bringing Safe Water Closer to Home: A New Beginning for May Edaga
- From Water Scarcity to Improved Well-Being: Restoring Access to Safe Water in Baro Community
- When Water Returns, Life Moves Forward
- From Using the Bushes to a Safer, Healthier Home
- More Than a Hygiene Kit: How Afera Reclaimed Dignity and ConfidenceÂ
Impact Stories in Video
Explore MCMDO’s impact stories in video, highlighting the experiences of individuals and communities and the difference made through health, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions supported by the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund.Â
- From Fear to Hope: Almaz’s Safe Delivery in Zalambessa, Tigray, Ethiopia
- A Mother’s Smile Returns: Emebet’s Journey Through Mental Health Care
- WASH NFI Distribution in Adihaki, Tigray, Ethiopia | MCMDO Humanitarian Response
- Mother to Mother Support Groups: Sharing Knowledge, Nourishing Futures
- Abadi’s Journey: Nutrition, Care and GrowthÂ
- Bringing Essential Services Closer to Communities in Tigray | MCMDO
- Bringing Essential Health and Nutrition Services Closer to Communities | MCMDO MHNT
- From Open Field Care to a Restored Health Post in Tselgo
- Meet Our Sweet M&M’S: Our Twins, Mahlet & Mekdes
- When Water Returns, Life Moves Forward
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Acknowledgement
MCMDO extends its appreciation to the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF), local authorities, health workers and communities for their contributions to the implementation of this humanitarian response.
Implemented by: Mothers and Children Multisectoral Development Organization (MCMDO)
Funded by: Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund (EHF)
