IMNCI was developed by UNICEF and WHO in 1995 to improve health worker skills in identifying, treating, and preventing common childhood diseases. It aims to reduce infant and child mortality rates by providing an integrated approach to managing acute respiratory infections, diarrhea, measles, malaria, and malnutrition. The IMNCI protocol uses a color-coding system to determine the appropriate treatment setting and divides case management into two age groups: birth to 2 months and 2 months to 5 years.

1. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF
NEONATAL AND CHILDHOOD
ILLNESS (IMNCI)
PRESENTED BY:
B.Deborah Sunayana,
M.Sc(N), Child Health
Nursing,
NIMS, College of Nursing

2. IMNCI
• This programme was developed by the United
Nations Children's Fund and World Health
Organization in 1995.
• The current Infant Mortality rate (as per 2011
census) is 34 per 1000 live births.
• The current Under-5 mortality rate (as per 2011
census) is 45 per 1000 live births.

3. • Strategy – Integrated Management of common
Childhood diseases.
• Aim – To Improve Health Worker skills in
identifying, treating and preventing common
childhood diseases and problems which if
identified and tackled in an integrated way result
effectively in reducing Morbidity and Mortality
rates in Under-5 Children.

4. • The common core problems IMNCI tackles are:
1) Acute respiratory Infections (ARI)
2) Diarrhea
3) Measles
4) Malaria
5) Malnutrition and of common
associated conditions.

5. Also emphasizes the importance of :
• Immunization
• Vitamin-A supplementation
• Improved infant feeding including exclusive
breastfeeding.

6. IMNCI PROTOCOL
IMNCI case management process has 3 colour coding:
PINK Urgent referral to
Hospital
YELLOW OP basis Treatment
GREEN Treatment at Home

7. The IMNCI case management process divided into
two age groups:
Birth – 2 Months 2 Months – 5years