ArticleAmerican journal of public health2011
Impact of a malaria-control project in Benin that included the integrated management of childhood illness strategy.
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- Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy for children under five.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
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- Contextual factors in maternal and newborn health evaluation: a protocol applied in Nigeria, India and Ethiopia.Emerging themes in epidemiology · 2018Article
- Methodological Considerations for Use of Routine Health Information System Data to Evaluate Malaria Program Impact in an Era of Declining Malaria Transmission.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Review
- A retrospective cohort study to quantify the contribution of health systems to child survival in Kenya: 1996-2014.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Predictors of health worker performance after Integrated Management of Childhood Illness training in Benin: a cohort study.BMC health services research · 2015Article
- Shifting from presumptive to test-based management of malaria - technical basis and implications for malaria control in Ghana.Ghana medical journal · 2014Article
- Determining the quality of IMCI pneumonia care in Malawian children.Paediatrics and international child health · 2014Observational
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy on early-childhood mortality, we evaluated a malaria-control project in Benin that implemented IMCI and promoted insecticide-treated nets (ITNs).
methodsWe conducted a before-and-after intervention study that included a nonrandomized comparison group. We used the preceding birth technique to measure early-childhood mortality (risk of dying before age 30 months), and we used health facility surveys and household surveys to measure process indicators.
resultsMost process indicators improved in the area covered by the intervention. Notably, because ITNs were also promoted in the comparison area children's ITN use increased by about 20 percentage points in both areas. Regarding early-childhood mortality, the trend from baseline (1999-2001) to follow-up (2002-2004) for the intervention area (13.0% decrease; P < .001) was 14.1% (P < .001) lower than was the trend for the comparison area (1.3% increase; P = .46).
conclusionsMortality decreased in the intervention area after IMCI and ITN promotion. ITN use increased similarly in both study areas, so the mortality impact of ITNs in the 2 areas might have canceled each other out. Thus, the mortality reduction could have been primarily attributable to IMCI's effect on health care quality and care-seeking.
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