نتایج جستجو برای: integrated management of childhood illness imci
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BACKGROUND The Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses is the main approach for treating children in more than 100 low income countries worldwide. In 2007, the World Health Assembly urged countries to integrate 'better medicines for children' into their essential medicines lists and treatment guidelines. WHO regularly provides generic algorithms for IMCI and publishes the Model Essential M...
OBJECTIVE In developing countries, supervision is a widely recognized strategy for improving health worker performance; and anecdotally, maintaining regular, high-quality supervision is difficult. However, remarkably little research has explored in depth why supervision is so challenging. METHODS In the context of a trial to improve health worker adherence to Integrated Management of Childhoo...
BACKGROUND Despite the fact that a large proportion of children with fever in Africa present at primary health care facilities, few studies have been designed to specifically study the causes of uncomplicated childhood febrile illness at this level of care, especially in areas like Zanzibar that has recently undergone a dramatic change from high to low malaria transmission. METHODS We prospec...
INTRODUCTION C-reactive protein (CRP), white blood cell (WBC) and absolute neutrophil counts (ANC) are important inflammatory biomarkers in the early diagnosis of infections. However, little is known on their profile and usefulness in fever case management in children attending outpatient clinic in rural north-eastern Tanzania. METHODS Patients aged between 2 and 59 months presenting with fev...
OBJECTIVE To determine the validity of an algorithm used by primary care health workers to identify children with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This HIV algorithm is being implemented in South Africa as part of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), a strategy that aims to improve childhood morbidity and mortality by improving care at the primary care...
Objective To determine whether the fever module in the WHO/UNICEF guidelines for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) identifies children with bacterial infections in an area of low malaria prevalence. Methods Physicians assessed a systematic sample of 669 sick children aged 2–59 months who presented to the outpatient department of Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Bangladesh. Findings Ha...
BACKGROUND Correct treatment of potentially life-threatening illnesses (PLTIs) in children under 5 years, such as malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea, can substantially reduce mortality. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy has been shown to improve treatment of child illnesses, but multiple studies have shown that gaps in health worker performance remain after training. ...
Objective: ~ evaluate the utility of the "WHO/UNICEF algorithm for integrated management of childhood illness ( IMCI) between the age of 2 months to 5 years. Design: Prospective observational. Set .ng: The Outpatient Department and Emergency Room of a medical collegehospital. Method: 203 children presenting to Outpatient Department (n=101 ) or Emergency Room (n=102) wer assessed and classified ...
BACKGROUND An estimated 6.9 million children die annually in low and middle-income countries because of treatable illneses including pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria. To reduce morbidity and mortality, the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy was developed, which included a component to strengthen the skills of health workers in identifying and managing these conditions. A system...
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