Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium
Nurse working at Kambia's Peripheral Health Units
The Peripheral Health Units are staffed by small number of nurses and aides who are responsible for implementing Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM). PHU staff collect information regarding rates of malnutrition and pass this onto the District Health Management Teams, so that rates of malnutrition can be monitored and the required treatment amounts administered. However, high levels of staff turnover, insufficient training and some cases of misappropriation of resources, mean that at a number of PHUs there are shortages of therapeutic drugs and feeding supplies.
Nurse working at Kambia's Peripheral Health Units
The Peripheral Health Units are staffed by small number of nurses and aides who are responsible for implementing Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM). PHU staff collect information regarding rates of malnutrition and pass this onto the District Health Management Teams, so that rates of malnutrition can be monitored and the required treatment amounts administered. However, high levels of staff turnover, insufficient training and some cases of misappropriation of resources, mean that at a number of PHUs there are shortages of therapeutic drugs and feeding supplies.