Focus Area: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
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Statement of the Problem
Surveys reveal that many sick children are not properly assessed and treated by health care providers in developing countries, and that their parents are poorly advised. At first-level health facilities in low-income countries, diagnostic supports such as radiology and laboratory services are minimal or non-existent, and drugs and equipment are often scarce. Limited supplies and equipment, combined with an irregular flow of patients, leave doctors at this level with few opportunities to practice complicated clinical procedures. Instead, they often rely on history and signs and symptoms to determine a course of management that makes the best use of the available resources.
HaRP Approach
The Health Research Program (HaRP) focuses on three components to the overall development of IMCI by improving:
- Skills of health workers
- The health system
- Household and community practices
IMCI is considered to be among the most cost-effective interventions in both low and middle-income countries and most likely to have the greatest impact on the global burden of disease.
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