Fuseina Salia

A hardworking, consistent, result oriented and highly motivated person who works with diligence and integrity whiles making a significant contribution at work. With good leadership and desire for excellence, always work to ensure the organizational and team goals are met. I place high value on good interpersonal relationships as a means of fostering strong team atmosphere by which maximum output can be achieved.

Nutritionist - Dormaa Akwamu Health Center - Dormaa East District, Ghana

(2022-11 - 2024-02)

• Educated clients on cross-contamination prevention, food safety, and workspace sterilization as a way of ensuring maximum benefit from food.
• Monitored malnutrition trends in the community and organize workshops and durbar to educate mothers and early childhood teachers.
• Followed up home visit to patients (Malnourished babies, Diabetic, hypertensive and anaemia patients) to confirm the progress of Nutritional advice.
• Provided Nutritional counsel to Diabetic, Hypertensive, Malnourished babies and other patients with nutritional needs within the district.
• Implemented nutrition programs including Vitamin A deficiency control, Iron deficiency and anaemia control, Iodine deficiency control, Breastfeeding and supplementary feeding at the community level.
• Liaised with relevant Agencies such as Ghana Education Service, UNICEF, District Assembly and Traditional Council to organize mass nutrition programs such as Iron and Folic Acid supplementation, Mass Deworming Exercise, Nutrition Friendly School Initiative, Bi-annual Vitamin A Supplementation and Anaemia control in adult.
• Undertook monthly community engagement on growth promotion to monitor the growth progress of children under 5 years and counsel mothers on ways to improve their growth and development.
• Undertook regular supportive monitoring and supervision and report finding and recommendations to the district nutrition department.
• Sub district data collation and validation

Nutritionist (National Service) - Sunyani Teaching Hospital - Sunyani, Ghana

(2019-09 - 2020-09)

• Provided Nutritional counsel to Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients at the non-communicable disease unit.
• Undertook periodic screening and counsel for mothers at the Child Welfare Clinic.
• Monitored the state of diabetic and hypertensive patients on admission as well as growth curves for babies and adjusted nutritional counselling to meet the current condition of patients.

Nutritionist (Intern) - Sunyani Municipal Health Directorate - Sunyani, Ghana

(2019-01 - 2019-06)

• Non-Communicable disease surveillance within the Sunyani municipality.
• Embarked on a study to determine the relationship between vaccination and some nutrition related conditions.
• Data trend monitoring within the Sunyani East district to determine target areas for nutrition related conditions.

Bachelor of Science - Community Health Nutrition - College of Health, Yamfo (2015-11 - 2019-09)