Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)

Question 1

Over the past 25 years

Answer 1

Child mortality has dropped from 91 to 43 deaths per 1000 live births between 1990 and 2015

Question 2

Yet in 2015

Answer 2

An estimated 5-9 million still died before reaching their 5th birthday, most from conditions that are ready preventable or treatable with proven cost-effective interventions

Question 3

Issues affecting quality of care

Answer 3

A. Health worker skills
- Incomplete examination
- Poor counseling
- Irrational drug use

B. Health System Support
- High cost of services
- Inaccessible services
- Availability of drugs

C.
- Community and Family Practices
- Harmful Practices
- Delayed care seeking
- Poor compliance to health worker’s advice

Question 3

In 1995

Answer 3

WHO and UNICEF developed Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) as a premiere strategy to promote health and provide preventive and curative services for children under five in countries with greater than 40 deaths per 1000 live births

Question 4

In 2003

Answer 4

Care for newborns under one week of age was added a the strategy was named as IMNCI in many countries