Name of the project: “BGD AHP Rohingya response phase 4”

Programme Area: Reproductive Health and Provide Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)

Duration: January 2021 to June 2023 (Phase III)

August 2023 to July 2025 (Phase IV)

Funded by: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia (DFAT)

Managed by: Save the Children in Bangladesh

Implementation area of PHD: Refugee camps: 17, 18 (2 Health Posts initially)

Goal: The project goal is “Contribute to international efforts to meet humanitarian and protection needs and increase self-reliance and resilience building of Rohingya and host populations in Bangladesh”.

Objective: “Essential primary healthcare and COVID-19 specific home-based care are continued to reduce the morbidity and mortality of Rohingya refugees and adjacent host communities”.

Intermediate Outcome: Improved and equitable WASH, Primary Healthcare, SRH and Psychosocial Services

Outcome Statement: Essential primary healthcare and COVID-19 specific home-based care are continued to reduce the morbidity and mortality of Rohingya refugees and adjacent host communities.

Output 1.3.a: Inclusive essential healthcare delivered

Output 1.3.b: Coordinated COVID-19 response

The project will contribute to the delivery of the AHP Rohingya Refugee response with a focus on Outcome 1 (Basic Needs) through health, education and protection activities for refugee communities living in the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh. Given the COVID-19 context, the program has a strong health focus which will strengthen the delivery of primary health services, including COVID-19 identification and management, through health posts previously established and funded via the AHP.  These health posts will also deliver medical services to identify acute or chronic medical conditions, support reproductive health and provide mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). Where relevant, referrals will be made to relevant services to address protection issues, including child safeguarding (CSG) and gender-based violence (GBV).

Protection activities will focus on children and adolescents with diverse needs and vulnerabilities, including activities to mitigate exposure to protection risks caused and/or exacerbated by COVID-19. Overall, the project aims to facilitate access to specialized services such as, case management, psychosocial support, awareness raising and emergency referrals.