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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Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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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description 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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author World Bank
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title Child Health
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publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/11983413/child-health
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