Where Referral is difficult or Impossible: How do people cope?

ABSTRACT

The Intergrated Management of Childhood illness (IMCI) strategy has been adopted as part of the Minimum Health Care Package to contribute to reducing morbidity and mortality among children under the age of five. The IMCI algorithm empowers health workers at first level to assess; classify and treat common childhood conditions. Severly ill children are identified; recieved pre-referral treatment and are then referred to a better-equipped facility for further management