What color is no pneumonia cough or cold in the chart?
If the child does not have any of the signs in the pink or yellow row, look at the green (or bottom) row, and select the classification NO PNEUMONIA: COUGH OR COLD.
What is the meaning of Imnci?
The Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) is the Indian adaptation of the WHO-UNICEF generic Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy and is the centrepiece of newborn and child health strategy under Reproductive Child Health II and National Rural health Mission.
What is the purpose of IMCI?
IMCI is a strategy that integrates all available measures for disease prevention and health problems during childhood, for their early detection and effective treatment, and for promoting healthy habits within the family and community.
When was IMCI first used in the Philippines?
The strategy was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In the Philippines, IMCI was started on a pilot basis in 1996, thereafter more health workers and hospital staff were capacitated to implement the strategy at the frontline level.
What do you need to know about IMCI?
IMCI is a major strategy for child survival, healthy growth and development and is based on the combined delivery of essential interventions at community, health facility and health systems levels. IMCI includes elements of prevention as well as curative and addresses the most common conditions that affect young children.
How many children die each year from IMCI?
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) One million children under five years old die each year in less developed countries. Just five diseases (pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and dengue hemorrhagic fever) account for nearly half of these deaths and malnutrition is often the underlying condition.
When was integrated management of Childhood Illness ( IMCI ) started?
In the Philippines, IMCI was started on a pilot basis in 1996, thereafter more health workers and hospital staff were capacitated to implement the strategy at the frontline level. Majority of these deaths are caused by 5 preventable and treatable conditions namely: pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and malnutrition.