Part 2: technical notes


Annex 2: Dosages for micronutrients and de-worming drugs



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Annex 2: Dosages for micronutrients and de-worming drugs
Vitamin A

Dosage vitamin A, capsule 200 000 IU, single dose

Age

Retinol (vitamin A)

Children from 6-12 months

100 000 (3-4 drops)

Children over one year and adults

200 000 (1 capsule)

A single high-dose supplement of up to 200,000 IU to breast-feeding women is safe up to 8 weeks post-delivery. For non-breast-feeding women, a single high-dose supplement of up to 200,000 IU is safe up to 6 weeks post-delivery


De-worming

Any of the following 4 drugs can be used to treat soil-transmitted helminths:




Drugs

Dose by Age

Comment

1-2 years

2 years and above

Albendazole

400 mg tablet

1/2 tablet


1 tablet

These two are particularly attractive because they are single dose and there is no need to weigh the children.


Mebendazole

500 mg tablet

1 tablet
















Iron

Dosage Iron treatment; 200 mg tab (=65mg of elemental iron + 0.25 mg folic acid)

Age

Tablets

6-24 months

Quarter tablet once weekly

2-5 years

Half tablet once weekly

> 6 years

One tablet once weekly

Adolescents and adults

One tablet once weekly

Pregnant women

One to two tablets once weekly



Zinc

Dosage Zinc tablets containing 20 mg zinc daily for 10-14 days for children with acute diarrhoea



Age

Tablets

Children < 6 months

Half a tablet

Children > 6 months

One tablet


Annex 3: Individual ration card

SFP RATION CARD





































Mother 's Name




Registration Number

/ / SFP

Child's Name




Sex (M/F)




Admission_____Age_(months)'>Date of Admission




Age (months)




Distribution Site




Address

















































Admission

Category




New admission




Referred from inpatient/outpatient care for SAM




Referred from other SFP site




Readmission after default




















































ADMISSION DATA













DISCHARGE DATA




DISCHARGE STATUS

Weight













Weight




  1. Cured

  2. Died

  3. Defaulted

  4. Non recovered

  5. Referred out

Height













Height




WFH












WFH




MUAC (mm)













MUAC (mm)

























Length of stay (days)

















































Drugs given once

Date

Remarks






















Vitamin A




























Deworming




























Measles




























EPI update









































































Date

















































Weight

















































Height

















































MUAC

















































WFH

















































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