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Chart_booklet

IMCI chart booklet

Global_action_plan_for_pnuemonia_and_diarrhoea

The integrated global action plan for pneumonia and diarrhoea

Emergency_triage

Emergency triage assessment and treatment course

Pocket_book_of_hospital_care_for_children._Guidelines_for_the_management_of_common_illnesses_with_limited_resources

Pocket book of hospital care for children. Guidelines for the management of common illnesses with limited resources

Recommendations_for_child_health

Guidelines on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. Recommendations on child health

Managing_programmes_to_improve_child_health

Managing programmes to improve child health. Introduction, planning implementation, managing implementation, workbook, facilitator guide

Family_and_community_practices_that_promote_child_survival_growth_and_development._A_review_of_the_evidence

Family and community practices that promote child survival, growth and development. A review of the evidence

Development of National Child Health Policy - Phase I: The Situation Analysis

Development of national child health policy - phase I: situation analysis | Arabic | French

Guide to planning for implementation of IMCI at district level

Guide to planning for implementation of IMCI at district level

IMCI pre-service education: orientation and planning workshop: facilitator guide

IMCI pre-service education: orientation and planning workshop: facilitator guide

IMCI pre-service education: teaching sessions

IMCI pre-service education: teaching sessions

IMCI pre-service education: question bank

IMCI pre-service education: question bank

IMCI pre-service education: guide to evaluation

IMCI pre-service education: guide to evaluation

Framework for the community component of the integrated child care strategy

Framework for the community component of the integrated child care strategy | Arabic | French

Thumbnail of World report on child injury prevention (2008)

World report on child injury prevention (2008) [pdf 3.39Mb]

Summary

Child-friendly version

Inspire_cover_framed

Inspire: Seven strategies for Ending Violence Against Children

Plan_of_action_to_prevent_child_and_adolescent_injuries

Plan of action to prevent child and adolescent injuries

Early childhood development

Investing in early childhood development is an emerging area of concern in global public health. Evidence has shown that early years of life determine and influence health, well-being, behaviour and cognitive functions of people. Early detection and intervention for children with disabilities significantly improves their chances for lifelong inclusion, well-being and productivity and early childhood years provide an important window of opportunity to build a strong foundation. Unfortunately, not all children are able to reach their full potential, mainly due to nutritional problems and structural factors related to poverty, education and other social determinants of health.

The health system provides an excellent platform for early childhood development interventions. It offers multiple points for interaction during the early years of life which could be good opportunities to foster interventions for early childhood development. In addition, the health system has the potential to universally reach children and their families and already there is an adequate level of trust on health care providers.

WHO in the Eastern Mediterranean Region advocates for scaling up of all the evidence-based, cost-effective interventions of early childhood development within existing child health programmes and platforms. It also calls for integration of early childhood development activities in all strategic plans for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health plans for the post-2015 era. Guidelines on “care for development” have been incorporated in the IMCI guidelines.

Country examples of psychosocial development aspects of child care included in the IMCI guidelines include the guidelines developed in Morocco, Oman, Syrian Arab Republic and Tunisia. 

Related link

Advancing Early Childhood Development: from Science to Scale

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

    

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