Community-Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

This Facilitator’s Guide is intended to help plan for the training of community-based health providers who diagnose and provide treatment in any form to children outside the formal health system. It is a guide designed to operationalize Element 2 of C-IMCI, which is specific for improving the technical abilities of community health workers in managing child health. The manual is divided into chapters consisting of clinical guidelines designed for the management of sick children aged 60 days to 5 years old (Note: The guide recommends that sick children aged 1 to 59 days old should be referred immediately to the nearest health facility).

The CRS Facilitator’s Guide is designed for a short intensive training preferably near community/municipal health centers. The length of training will be dependent on the amount of material taken from this guide to be used in your region and it could range from a few days to a week. At the end of the training, the community health worker is expected to assess and classify health problems and recommend appropriate actions.