Unresolved Issues in Implementing Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Approach
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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: International Journal of Health Policy and Management
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2322-5939
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.89