Table of contents
- IMCI Strategy
- IMCI: from clinical guidelines to a conceptual framework
- A dynamic framework
- What “I”, “M”, “C”, “I” mean in I.M.C.I.
- Management structure
- Adaptation of IMCI guidelines
- The three components of IMCI
- The three phases of IMCI implementation
- Evolution of IMCI in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from sick to healthy child approach
- The past and future of IMCI
- IMCI and Primary Health Care
- IMCI and the Millennium Development Goals
“IMCI” originally stood for "Integrated Management of Childhood Illness”, which has since been changed to "Integrated Management of Childhood Health". It refers to a broad WHO/UNICEF initiative that was launched globally in 1995 with the objective of reducing under-5 mortality, morbidity and disability, and improving child growth and development.
The initiative challenges the traditional disease-specific approach to illness by adopting a more integrated approach in line with the philosophy of primary health care.