The largest global equity gap in health,is among children, and concentrated in communicablediseases. This note examines the work of the IntegratedManagement of Childhood Illness (IMCI) - a strategy toimprove child health outcomes, developed by the World HealthOrganization, and the United Nations Children's Fund -whose aim is to reduce childhood deaths, illnesses, anddisabilities, while improving children's growth, anddevelopment. IMCI's three main components are to:improve family, and community practices related to childhealth, and nutrition; improve the health system foreffective management of childhood illnesses; and, improvehealth workers' skills. Finally, the note highlightsfurther needs, e.g., creating working groups to developnational plans in accordance with the three IMCI components,adapting national guidelines, with the IMCI trainingmaterial, and include the major causes of child deaths, andconditions; targeting poor communities, and disadvantagedchildren; and, linking health facilities with communities,while ensuring appropriate, and affordable referral arrangements.
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