Anaemia diagnosis criteria | Haemoglobin (Hb) <110g/dl | |
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Anaemia monitoring | Recorded Hb between 6–12 months | |
Hb at 1st diagnosis of anaemia | ||
Age and weight at 1st diagnosis | ||
Treatment guidelines for anaemia | Dietary advice | |
Albendazole (parasite) treatment: (given for 3 days) | ||
Iron treatment: (Type of treatment, number of intramuscular doses) | ||
Folate for Hb <9gm/dl | ||
Follow up haemoglobin after 4 weeks | ||
Poor growth/ growth faltering criteria | A child is not growing well if their plotted weight does not follow the shape and direction of the centile growth curves on the growth charts of if there has been no weight increase for: | |
Age | Time of no weight increase | |
<2 months | 2 weeks | |
2-5 months | 1 month | |
6 months to <3 years | 2 months | |
Growth monitoring | Record of ‘Road to Health’ chart | |
Record of Growth Action and Assessment (GAA) form (used for recording of Hb, weight, height and head circumference) | ||
 | Number and timing of GAA visits | |
Weight, height and head circumference at each GAA visit | ||
Treatment guidelines for growth faltering | Where growth faltering identified, intervention recorded: | |
Additional growth monitoring | ||
Nutritional education | ||
Supplemental food for growth catch up | ||
Medical checklist | ||
Paediatric referral | ||
District Medical Officer (DMO) referral | ||
Growth Action Plan* | ||
Community support services (e.g.: community/early childhood programs that support child health, feeding programs, referral to family support workers) | ||
Vitamin A | ||
Hospitalisation for failure to thrive | ||
 | Family meeting |