Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy for children under five

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Gera, Tarun ^a   Shah, Dheeraj ^b   Garner, Paul ^c   Richardson, Marty ^c   Sachdev, Harshpal S ^d  

^a SL Jain Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL;

BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME VISIT; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TANZANIA;

EID: 84977631899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010123.pub2     Document Type: Review

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