The United Nations Children’s Fund said 120 officers in
Jigawa State were undergoing training on modern communication skills and
data collection on malnutrition.
The Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF
field office, Bauchi, Philomena Irene, said this at the kick-off of the
five-day training in Dutse.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria the training, which began on Sept. 5, would end on Sept. 10.
Irene
said the exercise was designed to expose the participants to modern
communication skills and data collection methods on malnutrition and
infant and young child feeding practice.
She said the beneficiaries would be exposed to the use of software
that would help them collect data on Severe Acute Malnutrition Issues in
the state.
`This is the software that helps health workers
working on nutritional issue to collect data on severe acute
malnutrition and infant and young child feeding practice as soon as they
finish providing services.
`This software, will through an SMS,
enable them to enter data on how many children they’ve reached, how many
are on admission, how many are discharged and how many are referred to
stabilisation centres.”
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