The document discusses the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) strategy developed by WHO and UNICEF to reduce child mortality. It focuses on the first component of IMNCI, which is improving health worker skills in integrated case management.
The IMNCI uses a syndromic approach to classify and treat sick young infants and children based on symptoms. It promotes assessment of general danger signs, malnutrition, feeding problems and treatment using locally adapted guidelines. Health workers are trained to identify classifications indicated by color codes to determine necessary treatment, counseling or referral.