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Supplement on Integrated Community Case Management in Africa

The Journal of Global Health has published a special supplement highlighting the latest evidence on integrated community case management (iCCM) for childhood illnesses. It lists implementation approaches that have and have not worked in various settings, along with recommendations for future programming, given the current context of innovation and funding opportunities.

Entitled “Current scientific evidence and future directions for Integrated Community Case Management in Africa,” the in-depth supplement synthesizes the latest available evidence around eight thematic areas of iCCM programming:

Coordination, Policy Setting and Scale up
Human Resources and Deployment
Supervision & Performance Quality Assurance
Supply Chain Management
Costs, and cost effectiveness and financing
Monitoring, Evaluation and Health Information Systems
Demand generation and social mobilisation
Impact and outcome evaluations
Additional papers included in the supplement address engagement of the private sector to improve access to iCCM treatment, how iCCM can be used to improve newborn health, global research priorities for iCCM, and a proposed way forward for improving and sustaining iCCM programming. All papers will be available online by mid-December at the latest. A print version will follow shortly thereafter.

The supplement was a collaboration between UNICEF, the Government of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, the US Fund for UNICEF, Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP), John Snow, Inc., International Rescue Committee, Malaria Consortium, Management Sciences for Health, Population Services International, the MDG Health Alliance, Save the Children, the World Health Organization, UNICEF Canada, and TDR.

For more information, contact Jamie Guth (guthj@who.int).