Africa: Countries Strategize Their Plan On Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) to End Preventable Child Death

[WHO] Globally, 5.4 million children under the age of 5 died in 2017. Nearly half of these deaths (2.71 million) occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. Pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria remain the main causes of death among children 2-59 months of age. Since 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have recommended the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) as a key strategy to deliver life-saving interventions for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea to populations with poor access to health services. iCCM i
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news