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IMNCI: Integrated Childhood Illness Care

The document discusses Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI), a strategy for integrated management of childhood illnesses. It aims to look beyond single diseases and combines treatment, nutrition, immunization, and other aspects of care for sick children aged 1 week to 5 years. The strategy uses evidence-based assessment and classification of illnesses into urgent, specific medical treatment, or simple home management categories. It also details treatment, counseling, and follow up care. Major adaptations for India include expanding the age range to 0-7 days, incorporating national guidelines, and allocating training time equally between young infants and children.

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IMNCI: Integrated Childhood Illness Care

The document discusses Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI), a strategy for integrated management of childhood illnesses. It aims to look beyond single diseases and combines treatment, nutrition, immunization, and other aspects of care for sick children aged 1 week to 5 years. The strategy uses evidence-based assessment and classification of illnesses into urgent, specific medical treatment, or simple home management categories. It also details treatment, counseling, and follow up care. Major adaptations for India include expanding the age range to 0-7 days, incorporating national guidelines, and allocating training time equally between young infants and children.

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INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF

NEONATAL AND CHILDHOOD


ILLNESS (IMNCI)

Dr Ubaid N P,
JR Community Medicine,
Pariyaram Medical College
▪ Diseases causing childhood morbidity &
mortalities are diarrhea, ARI, malaria, measles,
malnutrition
▪ Most sick children present with overlapping signs &
symptoms
▪ A single diagnosis may not be possible or
appropriate
▪ Treatment may also become complicated by the
need to combine for several conditions
▪ IMCI is a strategy for an integrated approach to the
management of childhood illness
▪ It looks beyond the treatment of a single disease
▪ Strategy combines improved management of
childhood illness with aspects of nutrition,
immunization other important elements
▪ Designed for management for sick children aged 1
week to 5 years
▪ Uses an evidence based assessment &
management using a syndromic approach
▪ Case management involves:
a) Asses
b) Classify:
- Urgent pre referral treatment & referral (Pink)
- Specific medical treatment & advice (Yellow)
- Simple advice on home management (Green)
c) Identify specific treatment
d) Treatment
e) Counsel
f) Follow up care
IMNCI

▪ Major highlights of Indian adaptations:


a) Inclusion of 0-7 days age in the programme
b) Incorporating national guidelines malaria,
anemia, Vit A supplementation & immunization
c) Training of health personnel begin with sick
young infants up to 2 months
d) Proportion of training time devoted to sick
young infant & sick child is almost equal
e) Is skilled based
THANK YOU

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