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    IMCI: approach-strategies and

    impact on child survival


    • IMCI---Integrated Mgt of Childhood Illnesses
    • What is IMNCI?
     IMNCI case Mgt approach offers simple and effective
    methods to comprehensively prevent and manage the
    leading causes of serious illnesses and mortality in children
    below five years
     With IMNCI, sick children or young infants are not only
    treated for the signs and symptoms they present within a
    health facility, but are also assessed for the other disease
    conditions they may be suffering from
    • Integrated case management relies on case
    detection using simple clinical signs and empirical
    treatment
    • As few clinical signs as possible are used.
    • The treatments are developed according to action
    oriented classifications rather than exact diagnosis
    • The IMCI process can be used by health
    professionals who see sick infants and
    children aged from 1 week up to five years
    • It is a case management process for a first-
    level facility such as a clinic, a health centre or
    an outpatient department of a hospital
    IMNCI 6 major steps
    1. Assessment
    2. Classification
    3. Identify treatment
    4. Treat the child or young infant
    5. Counsel the mother
    6. Follow-up care
    Assessment
    • Assess a child by checking first for danger signs (or
    possible bacterial infection in a young infant), asking
    questions about common conditions, examining the
    child, and checking nutrition and immunization
    status.
    • Assessment includes checking the child for other
    health problems.
    Classification
    • Classify a child’s illnesses using a colour-coded triage
    system
    • Because many children have more than one
    condition, each illness is classified according to
    whether it requires:
    urgent pre-referral treatment and referral (red),
    or
    specific medical treatment and advice (yellow), or
     simple advice on home management (green).
    Identify treatment
    • After classifying all conditions, identify specific
    treatments for the child
    • If a child requires urgent referral, give essential
    treatment before the patient is transferred
    • If a child needs treatment at home, develop an
    integrated treatment plan for the child and give the
    first dose of drugs in the clinic
    • If a child should be immunized, give immunizations.

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