MODULE 3: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Flashcards
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Over the past 25 years
Child mortality has dropped from 91 to 43 deaths per 1000 live births between 1990 and 2015
Yet in 2015
An estimated 5-9 million still died before reaching their 5th birthday, most from conditions that are ready preventable or treatable with proven cost-effective interventions
How much is the global under five deaths are among neonates
45%
Highest cause of death among neonates and children under five years of age
Prematurity 18%
Second highest cause of death among neonates and children under five years of age
Pneumonia
Issues affecting quality of care
a. health worker skills
b. health systems support
c. community and family practices
Who developed IMCI
WHO and UNICEF
Why IMCI was developed
to promote health and provide preventive and curative services for children under five in countries with greater than 40 deaths per 1000 live births
Achieving the SDG’s for child health
a. promote health, growth, and development
b. prevent illness
c. treat sick newborns and children
Why IMCI changed to IMNCI in 2003
Added newborns
What is IMCI
Strategy for reducing mortality and morbidity associated with major causes of childhood illness form birth up to five years old
Conditions associated with IMCI
a. respiratory
b. diarrhea
c. fever
d. ear problems
e. nutritional
Respiratory
a. pneumonia
b. cold / cough
Diarrhea
a. acute watery
b. dysentery
c. persistent
Fever
a. malaria
b. measles
c. meningitis
d. encephalitis
Ear problems
a. mastoditis
b. acute and chronic conditions
Nutritional
a. kwashiorkor / maramus
b. anemia
c. feeding problems
d. breast feeding
e. counseling
f. neonatal sepsis
g. local infections
h. hypoglycemia
i. hypothermia
j. oral thrush
k. immunization
l. Vit. A supplementation
m. deworming
WHO and UNICEF adapted IMCI to what
to each country
Why is IMCI better than single condition approaches
a. To go beyond single diseases and address the overall health of the child
b. Looking to the Child as a Whole
Growth promotion at home
a. Community/home- based interventions to improve nutrition
b. Insecticide- impregnated bed nets
Response to sickness at home
a. Early case management
b. Appropriate care seeking
c. Compliance with treatment
Growth promotion at health facility
a. Vaccination
b. Complementary feeding
c. Breastfeeding counselling
d. Micronutrient supplementation
Response to sickness at health facility
a. Case management of: ARI, diarrhea,measles, malaria, malnutrition, other serious infection
b. Iron treatment
c. Anthelmintic treatment
Ways to improve child health
a. Improve case management of children
b. Improve nutrition
c. Ensure immunization
d. Prevent injuries
e. Prevent other disease
f. Improve psychosocial support and stimulation
g. Integration of care