Moderator
Dr E.H. Benzerroug, WHO Representative, Mozambique
Presentations
- A brief introduction to community-based approaches to care for newborns and children
Bernadette Daelmans, Medical Officer, Department of Child and Adolescent Health, WHO
Download Powerpoint [PDF – 640.45 KB] - The Malawi experience managing childhood illness in the community
Humphreys Nsona, National IMCI Programme
Manager, Ministry of Health, Malawi
Download Powerpoint [PDF – 1.89 MB] - Maximizing efforts at the community level, opportunities and challenges
Mark Young, Senior Health Specialist, UNICEF
Download Powerpoint [PDF – 167.89 KB]
Description
The session discussed community approaches for increasing coverage of effective child health interventions. A brief introduction of WHO and UNICEF materials, Caring for Newborns and Children in the Community, will be followed by a presentation on Malawi’s health surveillance assistants program, highlighting the experiences of scaling up communitybased services with special emphasis on case management of sick children. A short video was shown.