Topic: IMNCI
Question: What is the full form of IMNCI and what are its objectives? Enumerate the components of integraated care under IMNCI.
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IMNCI stands for Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness.
It has the following key objectives:
– Reduce mortality and morbidity in children under 5 years due to common childhood illnesses.
– Provide an integrated approach to assessment, classification and treatment of the sick child.
– Improve the quality of care at outpatient facilities.
– Empower healthcare workers, families and communities to improve child health.
The components of integrated care under IMNCI are:
1. Improve case management skills of health workers
2. Improve overall health systems
3. Improve family and community health practices
It integrates curative, preventive and promotive services for children in a systematic approach. The components involve training health workers in IMNCI guidelines, ensuring availability of essential medicines, improving referral systems, providing job aids and supervision, and counseling families on nutrition, preventive care and when to seek care.
