Child Health
The largest global equity gap in health, is among children, and concentrated in communicable diseases. This note examines the work of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) - a strategy to improve child health outcomes, developed by...
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okr-10986-97802021-04-23T14:02:47Z Child Health World Bank CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISEASE BURDEN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MEASLES MALARIA ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME HIV VIRUSES MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN CHILDREN'S DISEASES INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE CHILD NUTRITION BREAST FEEDING ENDEMIC DISEASES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROVIDERS TRAINING ASSISTANCE HEALTH SUVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE AGED AIDS PREVENTION ANTENATAL CARE ASPHYXIA BCG BREAST FEEDING BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION BURDEN OF DISEASE CHILD DEATHS CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD DEATHS CHILDHOOD ILLNESS CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLEMENTARY FOOD COUNSELING DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIET DISABILITY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISEASE BURDEN DRUGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATED MOTHERS ENDEMIC AREAS FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEVER HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HIV/AIDS ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANTS INFECTIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM INSECTICIDE IMPREGNATED BEDNETS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES IRON LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY NEWBORN NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PERINATAL MORTALITY PNEUMONIA PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF CARE RISK FACTORS SAFE DRINKING WATER SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STDS TOBACCO TRAUMA TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VITAMIN A WORKERS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISEASE BURDEN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MEASLES MALARIA ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME HIV VIRUSES MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN CHILDREN'S DISEASES INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE CHILD NUTRITION BREAST FEEDING ENDEMIC DISEASES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROVIDERS TRAINING ASSISTANCE HEALTH SUVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS The largest global equity gap in health, is among children, and concentrated in communicable diseases. This note examines the work of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) - a strategy to improve child health outcomes, developed by the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Children's Fund - whose aim is to reduce childhood deaths, illnesses, and disabilities, while improving children's growth, and development. IMCI's three main components are to: improve family, and community practices related to child health, and nutrition; improve the health system for effective management of childhood illnesses; and, improve health workers' skills. Finally, the note highlights further needs, e.g., creating working groups to develop national plans in accordance with the three IMCI components, adapting national guidelines, with the IMCI training material, and include the major causes of child deaths, and conditions; targeting poor communities, and disadvantaged children; and, linking health facilities with communities, while ensuring appropriate, and affordable referral arrangements. 2012-08-13T09:31:19Z 2012-08-13T09:31:19Z 2002-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/11983413/child-health http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9780 English at a glance CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISEASE BURDEN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MEASLES MALARIA ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME HIV VIRUSES MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN CHILDREN'S DISEASES INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE CHILD NUTRITION BREAST FEEDING ENDEMIC DISEASES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROVIDERS TRAINING ASSISTANCE HEALTH SUVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE AGED AIDS PREVENTION ANTENATAL CARE ASPHYXIA BCG BREAST FEEDING BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION BURDEN OF DISEASE CHILD DEATHS CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD DEATHS CHILDHOOD ILLNESS CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLEMENTARY FOOD COUNSELING DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIET DISABILITY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISEASE BURDEN DRUGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATED MOTHERS ENDEMIC AREAS FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEVER HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HIV/AIDS ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANTS INFECTIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM INSECTICIDE IMPREGNATED BEDNETS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES IRON LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY NEWBORN NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PERINATAL MORTALITY PNEUMONIA PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF CARE RISK FACTORS SAFE DRINKING WATER SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STDS TOBACCO TRAUMA TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VITAMIN A WORKERS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISEASE BURDEN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MEASLES MALARIA ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME HIV VIRUSES MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN CHILDREN'S DISEASES INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE CHILD NUTRITION BREAST FEEDING ENDEMIC DISEASES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROVIDERS TRAINING ASSISTANCE HEALTH SUVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS |
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CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISEASE BURDEN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MEASLES MALARIA ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME HIV VIRUSES MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN CHILDREN'S DISEASES INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE CHILD NUTRITION BREAST FEEDING ENDEMIC DISEASES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROVIDERS TRAINING ASSISTANCE HEALTH SUVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS ADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE AGED AIDS PREVENTION ANTENATAL CARE ASPHYXIA BCG BREAST FEEDING BREASTFEEDING BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION BURDEN OF DISEASE CHILD DEATHS CHILD FEEDING CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDBIRTH CHILDHOOD DEATHS CHILDHOOD ILLNESS CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING COMPLEMENTARY FOOD COUNSELING DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIET DISABILITY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISEASE BURDEN DRUGS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATED MOTHERS ENDEMIC AREAS FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY PLANNING FEVER HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HIV/AIDS ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMCI IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANTS INFECTIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM INSECTICIDE IMPREGNATED BEDNETS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES IRON LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY NEWBORN NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PERINATAL MORTALITY PNEUMONIA PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF CARE RISK FACTORS SAFE DRINKING WATER SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STDS TOBACCO TRAUMA TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VITAMIN A WORKERS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISEASE BURDEN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MEASLES MALARIA ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME HIV VIRUSES MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN CHILDREN'S DISEASES INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE CHILD NUTRITION BREAST FEEDING ENDEMIC DISEASES HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROVIDERS TRAINING ASSISTANCE HEALTH SUVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS World Bank Child Health |
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The largest global equity gap in health,
is among children, and concentrated in communicable
diseases. This note examines the work of the Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) - a strategy to
improve child health outcomes, developed by the World Health
Organization, and the United Nations Children's Fund -
whose aim is to reduce childhood deaths, illnesses, and
disabilities, while improving children's growth, and
development. IMCI's three main components are to:
improve family, and community practices related to child
health, and nutrition; improve the health system for
effective management of childhood illnesses; and, improve
health workers' skills. Finally, the note highlights
further needs, e.g., creating working groups to develop
national plans in accordance with the three IMCI components,
adapting national guidelines, with the IMCI training
material, and include the major causes of child deaths, and
conditions; targeting poor communities, and disadvantaged
children; and, linking health facilities with communities,
while ensuring appropriate, and affordable referral arrangements. |
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