Hussein Abdirahman

Experience

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  FAO

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2016

  Researcher

  -Nutrition surveillance activities including nutrition data collection.

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  Health Poverty Action

  Apr 2017 - Aug 2017

  Emergency Nutrition Officer

  Job title: Emergency Nutrition OfficerReporting to: Health Program Manager• Implement the emergency nutrition response including treatment of severely malnourished under-fives while following the stipulated protocol.• Implement and supervise the supplementary feeding of the moderately malnourished under-fives, pregnant/lactating mothers, individuals with medical conditions.• Ensure the Targeted Supplementary Feeding Program (TSFP) and outpatient therapeutic program (OTP) activities are implemented successfully.• Train and mentor the emergency response program staff and the integrated community health promoters through identification of capacity gaps and carrying out refresher trainings and on the job trainings.• Plan and conduct trainings on Growth Monitoring Promotion (GMP), IMAM to other mainstream health professionals.• Develop key messages in nutrition to the targeted beneficiaries, and ensure it is delivered appropriately.• Offer nutrition support through counseling to individuals with medical conditions including Comprehensive Care Clinic clients.• Plan and conduct mass MUAC screening of the under-fives on a quarterly basis in collaboration with the Community Health Workers.• Compile and submit donor and HPA Nutrition Program weekly, biweekly and monthly reports of all the activities implemented, as well prepare food requisitions.• Lease with Supply Chain Department in logistical Program Supplies procurement and Monitoring Supply control and Stock monitoring of various commodities.• Any other duties as assigned by the Health program manager as well as national nutrition manager. Show less

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  Health Poverty Action

  Dec 2017 - now

  Job title: Nutrition Project Officer.Reporting to: National Nutrition Manager•Directly reporting to Nutrition Manager, Programme Managers, and working closely with TSFP supervisors and other nutrition and programmes colleagues in Maroodi Jeex, Sahil and Togdheer regions.•In coordination with Field Coordinator, responsible for ensuring proper planning, implementation, supervision and coordination of all the nutrition and community outreach activities in Sahil region.•Ensure proper management of food and non-food supplies for the project and conduct periodic inventory to warehouses.•Collaborate closely with HPA nutrition team, wider HPA health teams, the RHO and target communities and identify project challenges. Recommend possible actions/solutions for specific project challenges.•Conduct trainings, field supportive supervisions and regularly monitor project activities in target locations.• Support the TSFP supervisors to carry out all aspects of their work.• Responsible for drafting and compiling all field level nutrition reports including CP reports, field mission reports and activity progress reports. Ensure timely submission to field coordinator and Nutrition Manager.•Lead on-going field visits to project sites for supportive supervision and monitoring of nutrition activities (Maternal and child nutrition, IYCF, NHHP, MND Control etc). Prepare routine reports on results of visits and project progress.• Identify MCH staff training needs. Plan and organize training for MCH staff and outreach teams• Conduct defaulter tracing and monitoring TSFP and Nutrition indicators according to SPHERE standards and national guidelines. Show less * Directly reporting to the nutrition manager and working closely with nutrition officers and other nutrition and programmes colleagues in Marodijeh and Togdheer regions.*Ensuring proper collaboration with the Nutrition Officers in the implementation, supervision and coordination of all the nutrition and community outreach activities in designated region and project locations.*In collaboration with the nutrition officer, responsible for planning and coordination of the nutrition activities (focusing on OTP and TSFP) at field level and with CNWs, MCH staff and target communities.*Conducting trainings, evaluation of the activities, field supportive supervisions and appraisals of CNWs and outreach teams.*Preparing field trip reports, supervision reports and take part actively in the preparation of CP montly report and other nutrition reports.*In coordination with the nutrition officer, plan and supervise regularly the nutrition activities conducted at both fixed and outreach sites and according SPHERE standards and national guidelines.*Prepared field level the CNWs work plan and assist the team in its implementation.*Coordinate community mobilization, sensitization and assist in selection and training of CNWs at the MCH and outreach sites.*Identify CNWs and MCH staff training needs in the program and organize staff training on appropriate nutrition training and capacity developments: IMAM, CMAM, IYCF, NHHP etc.*Ensure that both food and non-food supplies needed by programs under his/her supervision are properly managed and stock balances reported on timely basis.*Conduct Supervision to stores and warehouses; investigate community loss/damage and conduct necessary physical counting and inventory.*Closely supervise CNWs in the target project locations to ensure proper screening, active case finding, follow up and mobilization for project beneficiaries.*Participate in the writing of timely and accurate monthly reports in collaboration with nutrition officer. Show less

  • Nutrition Project Officer

    Feb 2019 - now

  • Nutrition Supervisor

    Dec 2017 - Jan 2019
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  University of Burao

  Feb 2018 - Nov 2020

  Nutrition Lecturer

  Teach courses in community nutrition, emergency nutrition, nutrition assessment and food security for undergraduates.

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  Shifa University

  Nov 2022 - Mar 2023

  Lecturer in Nutrition

  Teaching Maternal and child Nutrition for Undergraduates.

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  Abaarso Tech University

  Nov 2022 - Mar 2023

  Lecturer in Nutrition

  Teaching Introduction to Human Nutrition and Food hygiene and Safety for Undergraduates.

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  University of Burco

  Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

  Senior Nutrition Lecturer

  Subject: Nutrition Education and Counseling, delivery to Undergraduate students.