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Integrated Emergency Response to the Displaced Population
USG OHA / International Rescue Committee
- Status & duration
- Completed · May 2023 – June 2026
- Location
- Goronyo, Rabah, Isa and Sabon Birni LGAs, Sokoto State: 7 PHCs and 3 mobile/IDP clinics
- States
- Sokoto
LHI staff member and a health worker at an integrated health clinic
Case study overview
In an IRC-led consortium with ALIMA, COOPI and GISCOR, funded by the US Government's Office of Humanitarian Assistance (formerly BHA), LHI was the health and nutrition lead for Sokoto State, serving displaced people and host communities through supported PHCs, mobile clinics and community nutrition programmes.
Key interventions & deliverables
- Primary healthcare: outpatient, maternal, newborn, child, reproductive and mental health (MHPSS) services.
- Emergency, secondary and tertiary referrals with ambulance and financial support.
- SAM treatment at Lajinge and Makuwana OTPs, community screening and the Family MUAC approach.
- Tom Brown programme for moderate acute malnutrition, Mother-to-Mother and Men-to-Men support groups.
- Facility renovation, health worker training and mentoring, and a pharmaceutical warehouse upgrade with IRC.
Headline impact
109,225 outpatient consultations, 76,257 children screened, 9,614 children treated for SAM and 5,635 skilled deliveries (May 2023 – June 2026).
Stories from this project
- Magazine · 20 September 2026Restoring Hope, North West Lives: OHA Project MagazineThe project closure edition of the USG OHA-funded Integrated Emergency Response in Sokoto State: 109,225 outpatient consultations, 76,257 children screened for malnutrition, 9,614 children treated for SAM and 5,635 skilled deliveries.
- Success Stories · 19 September 2026A Child Saved, A Mother's Hope RestoredSeven-year-old Basiru could not walk, and traditional treatment had failed. One visit to the LHI Goronyo IDP health clinic changed everything for his family.
- Success Stories · 18 September 2026How Nutrition Support Saved Ahmad's LifeDisplaced from Kunawa, two-year-old Ahmad was screened in the yellow zone for moderate acute malnutrition. Twelve weeks later his MUAC was green, and his mother had new confidence in feeding him.