The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Bangladesh
2016
This case study describes an attempted trial of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) in Matlab, Bangladesh in the 1990s. While previous interventions for child health focused on one issue at a time, health experts hypothesized that a variety of interventions could be delivered together using an integrated, vertical approach. However, the IMCI approach did not end up yielding improvements in child survival indicators. This case is a good example of something that is not written about as much as it should: disappointing experiments, which are extremely important to read about in addition to success stories.
This case study is part of Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health, a collection of case studies produced by the Center for Global Development that describes successful examples of large-scale efforts to improve health in low- and middle-income countries, as well as promising interventions that fell short of their health targets when scaled-up in real world conditions. The cases featured on the website are shortened versions of the respective book chapters in the print edition.
The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Bangladesh
Source:
Glassman A, Temin M. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Bangladesh. Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health. Center for Global Development 2016. http://millionssaved.cgdev.org/case-studies/the-integrated-management-of-childhood-illness-in-bangladesh.