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• Engaged Health Care Professionals (HCPs) on infant nutrition issues on a daily basis; by this means I served as a relevant source of nutritional information which assisted the HCPs when dealing with their patients/clients
• Organized and participated actively in HCP meetings/conferences, workshops and symposia for Nestle Nutrition
• Made presentations to Health Care Professionals on infant nutrition related topics and Nestle infant nutrition products

October 2010 – June 2012Research Assistant; an intervention study on the efficacy of a peanut based food in improving the nutritional status of women, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana

• Conducted literature reviews, including journal articles and questionnaire design.
• Research proposal writing.
• Participated and supervised the collection and analyses of data.
• Assisted and supervised the preparation and distribution of the intervention diet.        

• Interviewed consumers on their general perceptions on domestic and imported chicken and changes in their dietary pattern.

• Assisted undergraduate students to conduct laboratory sessions and write reports.

• Took petition forms to some selected Universities in Ghana and explained to students the need to fight hunger worldwide by their endorsement of the the petition forms.

• Explained to mothers varieties of Nestle complementary foods.
• Educated mothers on how to carry out the correct preparation procedures of Nestle complementary foods.
• Provided explanation to mothers who needed guidance on infant feeding.
• Educated mothers on how to use locally available ingredients to prepare complementary foods.
• Submitted report on activities for each day to supervisor.

•  Taught integrated science (chemistry, physics, biology) at all levels in the school

• Provided nutrition education to mothers and caretakers of malnourished children and any individual who visited the unit.
• Conducted daily and weekly growth monitoring of children.
• Participated in a training on the new WHO protocol for management of severe acute malnutrition in children.
• Rehabilitated malnourished children using the WHO protocol and ready to use therapeutic food.
• Actively involved in use of community based management of severe acute malnutrition (CMAM) in the management of acute malnutrition in children.
• Distributed cereal legume blends and other supplementary foods to mothers and caretakers.
• Actively involved in diet counseling to patients with diet related chronic diseases.
• Advised on feeding options for HIV positive mothers and prevention of parent to child transmission (PTCT).
• Actively involved in Vitamin A supplementation during child health promotion week.
• Participated in home visits to default mother that were referred to the unit.
• Held nutrition awareness talks at churches and market centers.
• Prepared monthly budgets for the unit.
• Prepared and submitted quarterly and annual reports of the unit to the metro health directorate.
• Represented the unit at monthly regional meetings.
• Actively involved in the organization and presentation of training workshops and seminars on complementary feeding and Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD).
• Organized and provided support for workshops and conferences.
• Immensely involved in putting research reports together.