GSPH 306      2 Credit Hours

Child Survival: Management of the Sick Child

This information is for second semester 2017/2018 academic year

Teacher responsible

Dr.  Ernest Kenu

Availability

This course is available open to all visiting students but only as a second semester course.

Course Content

The course introduces students into integrated management of neonatal and childhood illnesses (IMnCI), focuses on improving case management skills of health-care staff, improving the overall health systems, improving family and community health practices, algorithms for diagnosis and treatment of Acute Respiratory Infections, Diarrhoea, malaria, ear infection, malnutrition and vaccination status. Community IMCI.

Teaching

Wednesdays 2:00pm -4:00pm; Room # E2, SPH

-           Power Point delivery

-           Discussions

-           Group work

-           Brainstorming sessions

Formative Coursework

The course is made up of Group Assignments, Interim Assessment and Final Examination.

Indicative reading

1.         WHO: Integrated management of childhood illness, www.who.int/child_adolescent_health/topics/prevention_care/child/imci/en....

2.         Gove S. Integrated management of childhood illness by outpatient health workers: technical basis and overview. The WHO Working Group on Guidelines for Integrated Management of the Sick Child. Bulletin of WHO, 1997. 75 Suppl 1:7-24

3.         World Health Organisation 2006. Neonatal and perinatal mortality. Country, regional and global estimates

4.         Towards a Grand Convergence for Child Survival and Health; A strategic review of options for the future building on lessons learnt from IMNCI, 2016 http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/251855/1/WHO-MCA-16.04-eng.pdf?...

5.         Standards for Improving Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities; 2016 http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/249155/1/9789241511216-eng.pdf?...

Assessment and Grading

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