OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the effect of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) case management training on the use of antimicrobial drugs among health-care workers treating young children at first-level facilities. Antimicrobial drugs are an essential child-survival intervention. Ensuring that children younger than five who need these drugs receive them prom...

OBJECTIVE To describe and analyze the teaching of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy on Brazilian undergraduate nursing programs. METHOD Integrating an international multicentric study, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted between May and October 2010 with 571 undergraduate nursing programs in Brazil RESULTS Responses were received from 142 programs, 75%...

Background: The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a child health strategy developed by the World Health Organization and UNICEF aimed at reducing child morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess the level of awareness and implementation of IMCI among nurses in paediatric settings and to resensitize them about reduction of infant morbidity and mortality rates through ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the sensitivity of an Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) algorithm to detect common skin conditions in children in Fiji. METHODS We collected data from the assessments of children aged between 2 months and 5 years who presented to one of two health clinics. Every child was assessed by a nurse trained in the use of the IMCI algorithm and also an expert paedia...

Child mortality is one of the most pressing health concerns – almost 10 million children die worldwide each year before reaching their fifth birthday, mostly in low-income countries. To aid overburdened and undertrained health workers the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have developed clinical guidelines, such as the Integrated Management of Childhood...

Child mortality is one of the most pressing health concerns – almost 10 million children die worldwide each year before reaching their fifth birthday, mostly in low-income countries. To aid overburdened and undertrained health workers the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have developed clinical guidelines, such as the Integrated Management of Childhood...

BACKGROUND Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a strategy to reduce mortality and morbidity in children under 5 years by improving case management of common and serious illnesses at primary health care level, and was adopted in South Africa in 1997. We report an evaluation of IMCI implementation in two provinces of South Africa. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Seventy-seven IM...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between neurodevelopment and the family environment resources of children from the coverage area of a Basic Health Unit (BHU) of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, using a tool based on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy. METHODS Cross-sectional study with a non-probabilistic sample involving 298 children aged between 2-24 months old, who ...

Tanzania was one of the countries included in a Multi Country Evaluation (MCE) of Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), coordinated by WHO in 1999-2002. The MCE found that IMCI improved of care for children under 5 years of age, reduced child mortality by 13% and was cost-effective at al, 2004). However, a decade after the introduction of IMCI in Tanzania, training of health work...