ABOUT THE COURSE

This course aims to provide the ressources to increase your skills to implement nutrition training activities at field level when opening a nutrition programme or when new nutritional activities starts, when new staff are recruited, or as a refresher at any point in a project lifecycle. It will provide you the complete training materials and resources which are well harmonized and aligned with the existing MSF Intersectional Nutritional protocols and guidelines. You will also learn the methodology and guidance on how the trainings should be implemented. 

The training have one part on the use of the Nutrition Field Training Package available in TEMBO and another part about nutrition strategies for helping in the decision-making.

PREREQUISITE:

Before enrolment it is mandatory to do the training:  “Basics of a nutrition programme” 

HOW TO ENROL

Manual enrolment. Students selected by course coordinator.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

Medical and paramedical staff of Emergency Pool and the medical and paramedical staff in stand by waiting for a mission.

DURATION OF THE COURSE

16 hours

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the sessions the participants will be able to:

• Be familiar with the learning tools and packages ready to use that is available (Nutrition Field Training Package)
  
• Describe the Training Plan elements 
  
• Describe the different nutrition strategies and the key elements to support the decision-making.
  

LIST OF CONTENTS

Module Nutrition Training Package (NTP) 

• Introduction to the Nutrition Training Package
  
• Description and session elements
  

• Interpretation of the  WHZ index, MUAC cut-offs and severity of bilateral oedema; 
  
• Definition and classification of the types of malnutrition according to WHZ, MUAC and/or oedema.
  

• Steps a patient flow must follow, from arrival until they are admitted (or not) into a nutrition programme
  
• Description  of how sugar water is prepared
  

• Phases of nutritional treatment
  
• Objective of each phases
  
• Criteria to move from one phase to another 

• Model of care a PLW should be admitted to according to the admission criteria.
• Discharge criteria for PLW from a nutrition programme 

• Breastfeeding and supplementary milks used of the nutritional treatment of infants 0-6m in a nutrition programme. 
  
• How to prepare the different types of milk. 
  
• How to administer the milk according to weight and stage of treatment.
  

• Systematic medical treatment for non-malnourished lactating women (Multiple micronutrients, calcium, vaccination) and anaemia management
  
• Nutrition screening for Lactating Women (LW)
  
• Counselling and support actions for breastfeeding
  

• Information that should be given when a patient is discharged/exits an ATFC or ITFC
  
• Activities that should be done when a patient is discharged/exits an ATFC or ITFC
  

• General HP messages regarding nutrition products in nutrition programmes
  
• Specific HP messages regarding nutrition products in ATFC
  
• Specific HP messages regarding nutrition products in ITFC.
  

• IPC measures in milk station/kitchen: Frequency of cleaning and disinfection, How to clean kitchen utensils, location and characteristics of the area, Hygiene rules during food/milk preparation
  
• IPC measures during meals including: HP messages for caregivers and patients, e.g. hand hygiene and cleaning of the feeding equipment (cups and spoons)
  
• IPC measures for food storage conditions including: Organization/storage and temperature requirements.
  

• Description of the different nutrition strategies and type of nutrition programs in MSF
  
• Case study Nigeria
  

METHODOLOGY 

The Nutrition Training Package (NTP) module does not have any activity. The participants have to go trough all the sessions and get familiar with them. The nutrition strategies module is an online course where an assignment regarding a case study should be completed after watching a video of the content. 

EVALUATION

There is no evaluation