Helmand, Afghanistan
Action Against Hunger
Major Responsibilities
Objective 1: Supervise the admissions of patients in the centre:
- Identify patients in a critical state of health ;
- Give sweetened water to all the patients upon arrival whatever their state of health. ;
- Take anthropometric measurements of the patients and check for oedema. Admit those presenting at least one of the admission criteria ;
- Receive the patients admitted, together with those accompanying them, and give them information on how the centre functions ;
- Note down the patient’s name in the registry ;
- Check if the patient has been vaccinated against measles and if he has a vaccination card;
- Put on the identity bracelet ;
- Fill in a nutritional follow-up card and give it to the patient.
Objective 2: Ensure the anthropometric follow-up of the patients
Patients present in the centre:
- Check on oedema and take the anthropometric measurements of the patients, measure their MUAC and height ;
- Detect anomalies in the measurements and correct them immediately ;
- Up-date the registry and the patient’s individual card ;
- Check that the anthropometric material is in good working order.
Patients at home:
- Check the height, the weight, the MUAC and the presence of oedema ;
- In case of a medical problem, refer the patient to the closest care centre to the home ;
- In case of loss of weight, the patient should be re-admitted to the centre.
Objective 3: Discharge the patients:
- Check that all the procedures have been followed ;
- Update all the discharges in the registry and the follow-up book ;
- Give the patient or the person accompanying him the treatment card, a food ration, and an appointment for the follow-up ;
- Remove the identity bracelet.
Objective 4: Set up health education sessions:
- Let the patients and those who accompany them participate in health education sessions and adapt these according to the reasons for the transfer. ;
- Train new colleagues in how to carry out anthropometric measurements.
Objective 5: Develop the statistics:
- Develop daily and monthly statistics of the centre.