Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI): an innovative vision for child health care
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Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI)
Every year, nearly 11 million children die before reaching their fifth birthday. In response to this challenge,WHO and UNICEF in the early 1990s developed Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), a strategy designed to reduce child mortality and morbidity in developing countries.The approach focuses on the major causes of deaths in children through improving case management skills of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1519-3829
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-38292001000300003