Formerly the IMCI Working Group
Vision:
The Community Child Health Working Group supports the development, documentation and advocacy of strong, truly integrated program approaches that maximize community-based child health impact. The Working Group enhances NGO capacity to:
a) address the needs of the sick child with a comprehensive approach from prenatal to age five, across the most prevalent diseases, and across the community – facility continuum of care. (IMCI Taskforce)
b) run high-quality, evidence-based and well-measured CCM programs, and to collaborate with other NGOs when located in the same country or region to better link with national programs. (CCM Taskforce)
c) strengthen efficient and effective community health systems that deliver packages of maternal child health interventions tailored to address specific contextual needs and opportunities. (Community Health Systems Taskforce)
Tools/Resources:
- CORE Case Study: Community Approaches to Child Health in Malawi, Applying the C-IMCI Framework
- CORE Case Study: Community Approaches to Child Health in Cameroon: Applying the C-IMCI Framework
- C-IMCI Program Guidance Document
- C-IMCI Background and Summary Document
- HH/C IMCI Framework- A Facilitator's Guide for Conducting Country Meetings on HH/C IMCI (2003)
- Reaching Communities for Child Health and Nutrition: A Framework for Household and COmmunity IMCI (2001)
- Reaching Communities for Child Health: Advancing Health Outcomes through Multi-Sectoral Approaches (2004)
- Winch P., et al. An Implementation framework for household and community integrated management of childhood illness. Health Policy and Planning 2002; 17(4): 345-353.
Working Group Meetings and Reports:
- IMCI Workshop Proceedings: Reaching Communities for Child Health: Advancing PVO/NGO Technical Capacity and Leadership for Household and Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (HH/C IMCI) Baltimore, Maryland (January 2001)
- IMCI Workshop Report: Reaching Communities for Child Health: Advancing PVO/NGO Technical Capacity and Leadership for Household and Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (HH/C IMCI) Baltimore, Maryland (January 2001)
Useful Links:
- BASICS II
- Interagency Working Group (IAWG) on C-IMCI
- PAHO
- WHO
- WHO/AFRO IMCI Page
- WHO Multi-Country Evaluation on IMCI
- The World Bank
- UNICEF
- Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative