Global implementation survey of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI): 20 years on.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the extent to which Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) has been adopted and scaled up in countries.

Setting

The 95 countries that participated in the survey are home to 82% of the global under-five population and account for 95% of the 5.9 million deaths that occurred among children less than 5 years of age in 2015; 93 of them are low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional self-administered survey. Questionnaires and data analysis focused on (1) giving a general overview of current organisation and financing of IMCI at country level, (2) describing implementation of IMCI's three original components and (3) reporting on innovations, barriers and opportunities for expanding access to care for

SUBMITTER: Boschi-Pinto C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067364 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature