The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean held a second consultation on the Integrated Management of Child Health (IMCI) pre-service training in Cairo, Egypt, from 27 to 31 August 2006. The consultation was divided into two parts. The first part of the consultation, from 27 to 29 August 2006, was attended by all participants and had the following objectives.
- Discuss the progress in introducing the IMCI guidelines into the teaching programmes of medical and allied health sciences schools in 11 countries in the Region
- Share success stories in IMCI teaching.
The second part of the consultation, from 30 to 31 August 2006, was attended by a smaller number of participants. The objective of this part of the consultation was to review the IMCI pre-service training evaluation guide developed by the regional technical committee on IMCI pre-service training evaluation, which was tested in two institutions in two different countries. This report focuses on the first part of the consultation.