Resources
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Report | 2016
Nutrition iCCM and SAM Concept Note (2016)
This is a Concept Note that looks at ways to increase the child survival rate of childhood illnesses by incorporating community treatment of acute malnutrition. Note looks at ways that the integrated Community Case Management of childhood illness is a strategy to identify and treat pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria in a holistic manner in community settings.
Nutrition iCCM and SAM Concept Note (2016)528.79 KB
Presentation | 2016
The Big Picture: iCCM Financing Task Teams Overview of Progress to Date - Young (UNICEF,2016)
This PowerPoint presentation discusses progress that UNICEF's integrated community case management Financing Task Team has undertaken. The 26-slide deck looks at the team's achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
The Big Picture: iCCM Financing Task Teams Overview of Progress to Date - Young (UNICEF,2016)1.76 MB
Meeting Minutes | English, French | 2016
Mobilizing Resources and Investing in Community Health Systems (2016)
Brief on mobilizing resources and investing in community health systems. Document asks questions about the presence and effectiveness of such health systems.
Mobilizing Resources and Investing in Community Health Systems (2016)79.21 KB
Report | Mozambique | 2016
Cost and cost-effectiveness of iCCM implementation in Mozambique, where interventions enhance APE performance - Kallader, Kasteng (inSCALE,2016)
Brief report showing the cost and cost-effectiveness of iCCM implementation in Mozambique, focusing on interventions to enhance APE performance, motivation, and retention. The findings show the cost per appropriately treated case in the intervention arm compared to the control arm.
Cost and cost-effectiveness of iCCM implementation in Mozambique, where interventions enhance APE performance - Kallader, Kasten167.92 KB
Report | Nicaragua | 2016
iCCM of Childhood Infection Saves Lives in Hard-to-Reach Communities in Nicaragua (Operations Research Subgroup, 2016)
Brief report on integrated community case management program’s impact among children aged 2-59 months in 120 hard-to-reach remote Nicaraguan communities during 2007 – 2013. Researchers used program monitoring data from brigadistas’ registers and supervision checklists, while mortality data was derived from annual censuses conducted by the Ministry of Health of Nicaragua.
iCCM of Childhood Infection Saves Lives in Hard-to-Reach Communities in Nicaragua (Operations Research Subgroup, 2016)519.87 KB
Meeting Minutes | 2016
Health system barriers to prompt treatment of children with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea - Kallader (inSCALE, 2016)
Brief shows how health system barriers prompt and appropriate treatment of children with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea in areas where community health workers deliver integrated community case management. Some findings include establishing patterns of care-seeking behavior prior to a fatal childhood illness episode in areas served by CHWs delivering iCCM. Also, for all children whose deaths were recorded in Inhambane province in 2015, social and verbal autopsies were conducted to establish the cause of death and care seeking patterns preceding the death.
Health system barriers to prompt treatment of children with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea - Kallader (inSCALE, 2016)67.91 KB
Meeting Minutes | Uganda, Mozambique | 2016
Evaluating the cost and impact of technology and community supported supervision approaches on the coverage of appropriately treated children - Kallader (inSCALE, 2019)
This brief report from Uganda and Mozambique evaluates the cost and impact of technology and community-supported supervision approaches on the coverage of appropriately treated children and community health workers' motivation and performance. Extensive formative research was done to develop two intervention packages that were evaluated through cluster randomised controlled trials.
Evaluating the cost and impact of technology and community approaches on the coverage of children - Kalladar (inSCALE, 2019) 140.68 KB
Meeting Minutes | English | 2016
A comparative study on supportive supervision models for community - Kallader (2016)
This short paper asks how standard supportive supervision using health facility-based supervisors compare with standard supportive supervision supplemented with peer-to-peer supervision on the performance of CORPS in terms of adherence to treatment guidelines for iCCM and quality of health data reporting.
A comparative study on supportive supervision models for community - Kallader (2019)67.91 KB
Presentation | Kenya | 2016
Kemri Study Pneumonia Homa Bay Results (KenyaMoH, 2016)
This is a presentation done by Kenya's Ministry of Health, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, and UNICEF. Its main objective is to determine whether trained, supervised, and well-supplied community health workers in hard-to-reach areas such as Homabay County can correctly perform iCCM and increase the proportion of children under five years receiving antibiotics for pneumonia, artementher-lumefantrine for malaria, and zinc and oral rehydration therapy for diarrhoea by 20% compared to the current standard of care.
Kemri Study - Implementation of iCCM in Homa Bay County Results (KenyaMoH, 2016)1.6 MB
Meeting Minutes | Nigeria | 2016
PPMVs Pilot - SFH PSI in Nigeria - Lara (PSI, 2016)
This is a summary discussing ICCM as it relates to PPMVs delivering antimalarial drugs in Nigeria.
PPMVs Pilot - SFH PSI in Nigeria - Lara (PSI, 2016)73.39 KB
Meeting Minutes | Ethiopia | 2016
Why is the use of iCCM so low in Ethiopia - Waltensperger (Save the Children, 2016)
This document asks why the use of iCCM is so low in Shebedino District, Sidama Zone, SNNPR Ethiopia. It looks at various barriers to use evidenced-based treatment such as home remedies, delayed care-seeking, stigma, and geographic and financial barriers.
Why is the use of iCCM so low in Ethiopia_Waltensperger(Save the Children, 2016).pdf215.49 KB
Meeting Minutes | Zambia | 2016
The feasibility of heath workers and traditional birth attendants in Zambia - Waltensperger (Save the Children, 2016)
This document shows the results of a study done to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effect of teaming trained traditional birth attendants and community health workers in Zambia. The findings briefly discuss what "teaming" looks like in this capacity, how it is measured in Zambia, and how the team can increase the delivery of maternal, newborn, and CCM interventions in rural Zambia.
The feasibility, acceptability, and effect of teaming health workers and trained traditional birth attendants in Zambia311.12 KB
Report | Uganda | 2016
Uganda study performance of CHWs treating children - Kallader, Agaba (2016)
Report shows the results of the study, how findings have influenced its implementation, and how these findings may be used in other countries and settings.
Uganda study performance of CHWs treating children - Kallader, Agaba (2016) 127.66 KB
Report | English | 2016
Scoping Brief - ICCM Indicators in DHIS2 - MCSP (2016)
This is an informal scoping paper done by USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program focusing on opportunities to integrate community case management monitoring indicators into national-level health information system reporting structures using DHIS2 in 14 countries.
Scoping Brief - ICCM Indicators in DHIS2 - MCSP (2016) 1.53 MB
Presentation | English | 2016
Waste Management at Community Level - SCM Subgroup (2016)
Presentation on Waste Management at Community Level made to the SCM Subgroup on June 23, 2016.
Waste Management at Community Level - SCM Subgroup (2016)711 KB
English | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Niger | 2016
Scaling Up Community Health Services to Save the Lives of Children in Hard-to-Reach Areas (WHO, 2016) - Global Malaria Programme
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Rapid Access Expansion programme (RAcE), including key facts and results.
Scaling Up Community Health Services to Save the Lives of Children in Hard-to-Reach Areas (WHO, June 2016).pdf118.7 KB
English | Global | 2016
Medicines and Diagnostics for Community Case Management: Options for Selection (UNICEF) - 2016
The selection of medicines and diagnostics for use in Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) programmes must take into consideration the needs of the target population (children), the interaction between the caregiver and the community health worker and the supply chain that will support interventions.
Medicines and Diagnostics for Community Case Management, 2nd ed. (UNICEF July 2016).pdf458.17 KB
Presentation | English | Global | 2016
Child Health Global Leadership Mapping - Presentation 2016
This presentation provides an overview of findings from a mixed-methods study that aimed to better understand the evolution of child health as a global health issue since 2000, and its network of stakeholders and leaders, and to explore how leadership might be strengthened by the community to better attain outcomes.
Global Child Health Leadership Mapping Findings Presentation (MCSP July 2016).pdf430.64 KB
Report | English | 2016
Mapping Global Leadership in Child Health (M. Taylor et al, 2016)
The aim of this study was to better understand both the evolution of child health as a global issue since the year 2000 as well as its network of stakeholders and leaders. It explores how leadership might be strengthened and child health repositioned by the community to attain better outcomes in the current time period.
Mapping Global Leadership in Child Health (M. Taylor et al, 2016)1.6 MB
Report | English | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia | 2016
Scoping Paper: Opportunities to Incorporate iCCM Indicators into DHIS2 (MCSP, 2016)
This paper discusses a rapid, informal review performed by the M&E Subgroup of the iCCM Task Force. The review was completed in order to identify opportunities to integrate iCCM indicators from the community level into national HMIS using the DHIS2 platform in 14 countries.
Scoping Paper: Opportunities to Incorporate iCCM Indicators into DHIS2 (MCSP, 2016)1.16 MB