Table 1.

Position and role of staff involved in the quality improvement initiative.

Position	Role
Nurses including those overseeing care of children in the Under-5 unit and in the NRU	• Overall leaders for implementation of activities in different units • Ensure required equipment is available • Coordinate quality improvement activities with other nurses throughout the paediatric ward • Educate and mentor other nurses in care of patients with SAM • Participate in quality improvement meetings to assess progress and direct future activities
Nutritionist Manager	• Supervise nutrition interns and other staff providing nutrition services • Oversee administration of therapeutic feeds • Participate in quality improvement meetings to assess progress and direct future activities
Nutritionist Interns	• Conduct nutrition assessment of all patients • Link patients with SAM into early steps of SAM care pathway, including obtaining labs and initiation of therapeutic feeds • Provide two daily updates to NRU team on WhatsApp group • Link patients to HIV testing and counselling services • Participate in quality improvement meetings to assess progress and direct future activities
Clinicians: Deputy Head of the Paediatric Department, NRU-assigned clinical officer, temporary foreign paediatricians	• Co-lead with nurses the implementation of activities at different units • Coordinate quality improvement activities with other clinicians throughout the paediatric ward • Educate and mentor other clinicians in the care of patients with SAM • Lead quality improvement meetings

NRU: nutritional rehabilitation unit; SAM: severe acute malnutrition