Experience

INTERSOS - Humanitarian Organization

• Italy
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Nutrition Assistant

  • Oct 2020 - Present



UNICEF/SPHCDA

• CMAM Provider

  • Dec 2017 - Sep 2020

  • Take lead on all CMAM activities/services at the OTP site.• Conduct triage to fast track the clinically ill children who needs immediate attention and attend to before considering other children with no complication.• Provide key health and education messages to all mothers/caregivers• Conduct anthropometric of nutrition status of all patients to indicate if a child within the age (6-59) months meet OTP admission criteria• Use proper hygiene by hand wash demonstration to all caregivers for child's RUTF appetite test and medical examination before admitting uncomplicated SAM child• Fill OTP admission card and issue a ration card to caregivers for child's weekly visit• Ensure correctness, consistence and completeness of the information in the CMAM registers• Ensure caregivers understand advice regarding drug and RUFT the child should take at home• Ensure child attend each OTP session every week for monitoring of progress towards recovery• Record daily work into OTP data tally sheet and stock card• Generate lists for follow up and discussed with CNMs to follow up on such cases• Compile data summary at the end of week to present to my supervisor and also report CMAM and IYCF data at the end of every month for submission• Document client progress and completed discharge summaries• Link each caregiver with assign CNM for home visit and follow up• Organize and conduct a refresher training to Community Nutrition Mobilizers (CNM) on how to carry out case finding, referral, accurate use of MUAC tape and how to check for oedema• Work closely with the teams to ensure all children are screen correctly• Adhere to all criteria, including admission, discharge and transfer to and from the OTP/SC• Carry out timely identification of complications, non-responders, and referrals to the SC• Follow-up and ensure the CNMs interacts with the beneficiaries in the community properly• Review beneficiary’s progress to determine cases for referral, readmission or discharge



UNICEF/Borno State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA)

• IYCF Counselor

  • Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Educates all mothers/caregivers about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for the initial 6 months.• Creates an awareness and sensitized the mothers on IYCF practices, causes of malnutrition and its treatment.• Counselled mothers on good maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation and educated them on the dangers of feeding bottles by exchanging used bottles for cups and spoons to their babies.• Delivered practical advice to mothers on correct attachment and positioning when breastfeeding.• Counseled mothers on appropriate time to introduce complimentary feeding promotion to continuing breastfeeding and respond to local taboos associated with IYCF.• Encouraged all mothers on the need for quality, quantity and frequency of complementary feeds to promote adequate weight gain.• Issued micronutrient powder for both MAM and not MAM children whose age is 6-59 months and well-informed mothers that micronutrient powder improve the nutritional quality of child's food by adding vitamins and minerals which are insufficient in a young child's food to helps the child regain strength, be active healthy and helps in preventing deficiencies of key micronutrient such as iron, zinc, iodine and vitamin A in a child's diet• Entered data of Support Group meetings held by CNMs with the caregivers into the IYCF summary register, filled MNP summary sheet and send for monthly report.• Assessed mothers and their children to identify specific feeding support needs through assessment of mother-baby pair.• Provided one-on-one breastfeeding counseling for mothers experiencing difficult in breastfeeding.



Première Urgence Internationale

• France
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enumerator, SMART Survey

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

  •Valuated retrospective mortality (Crude Mortality and U5 Mortality rates), recall period among populations in Bolori-II, Maiduguri.•Assessed community IYCF practices particularly among the households with children under two years of age and takes Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) of children 6-59 months.•Recorded Micronutrient supplementation status particularly vitamin A, nutrition program coverage, morbidity information.•Conducted emergency nutrition assessment to know the severity of acute malnutrition and mortality rate in the given community for proper nutrition approach.•Contributed in figuring out estimated population size, the proportion of malnutrition and death rate to obtain an estimate of absolute number of malnourished children in the community and how many have died in the recent period.•Estimated prevalence of acute malnutrition, chronic malnutrition, underweight and overweight among children 6-59 months by taking records of: age in months from a known date of birth or an estimate derived from calendar of local event, record sex, measures weight, height and Presence or absence of eodema.•Assessed the prevalence of malnutrition in pregnant and lactating women age 15-49 years using adult MUAC tape.•Inspected some of the contributing factors causing malnutrition in the survey area.•Determined the coverage of measles vaccination among children 9-59 months of age and vitamin A supplementation status among children 6-59 months of age



International Rescue Committee (IRC)

• Supervisor, Mass MUAC Screening.

  • Sep 2017 - Oct 2017

  •Effectively supervised team of enumerators and Community Nutrition Mobilizers in the community to follow up on Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) activities with support from the Nutrition Officer.•Oversaw mobilization, awareness raising, program objectives and activities in the community.•Liaised with existing community structures, groups and individuals in alleviating the high level of malnutrition.•Acted as a link between the organization, enumerators and the beneficiaries at the Community.•Provided support for efficient and smooth implementation of nutrition interventions at the community under the directive of the Nutrition Officer.•Ensured home follow up of all absentees, defaulters, deaths and children ‘at risk is carried out by the relevant outreach workers and post visit feedback is given to the OTP health worker.•Created an awareness and sensitized the community on malnutrition, possible causes and treatment of malnutrition.•Planned, coordinated and monitored all nutrition activities including screening, referrals and follow up cases.•Coordinated and supervised the activities of anthropometric, nutrition mobilizers and community-oriented resource persons to ensure maximum result.•Responsible for reporting daily outcome of work done at field to the organization.•Boosted the morale of the team by encouraging them to get job done with quality result.



Action Against Hunger I AFC International, Abuja,

• Enumerator, SQUEAC Survey

  • Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Managed a team to identify barriers and boosters to access and coverage to CMAM program in Biu.• Extracted data from OTP program cards to plot indicators such as new admission over time, trends of recovery, defaulter and death rates to obtain quantitative data.• Analyzed small area survey data using Simplified Lot Quality Assurance Technique (SLEAC) to obtain main barriers affecting the CMAM program in Biu such barriers were define to be SAM cases found, SAM cases covered and the supply of RUTF from the state capital to Biu LGA which was affected by insurgency.• Investigated reason for high rate of default observed from the analyses of the extracted beneficiary information and the reason found was lack of active CV for absentees tracing.• Determined spatial pattern of CMAM coverage, identified area of low and high coverage and reason for coverage failure in Biu LGA is that the Community Volunteers (CV’s) conducting active case finding have stopped working because they no longer receive incentives from the state or LGA to motivate them for the job.• Conducted interview with different stakeholders and collected data using varying method the data obtained were analyzed using barriers, boosters and questions (BBQ).• Obtained data on communities' knowledge about CMAM program, local name given to malnutrition and the communities believe about the causes of malnutrition.• Mapped locations of beneficiaries and defaulters from individual follow-up cards to enable outreach active CNM's in identifying potential barriers to accessing CMAM program/services.• Assessed the health seeking behavior in the communities.