PACK Child: the development of a practical guide to extend the scope of integrated primary care for children and young adolescents

• Published in: BMJ global health Vol. 3; no. Suppl 5; p. e000957
• Main Authors: Picken, Sandy, Hannington, Juliet, Fairall, Lara, Doherty, Tanya, Bateman, Eric, Richards, Mark, Wattrus, Camilla, Cornick, Ruth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.10.2018; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adaptation; Case management; Child care; Children; Children & youth; Childrens health; Clinical practice guidelines; Collaboration; Decision making; Global health; Low income groups; Medical referrals; Mortality; Nurses; Pediatrics; Practice; Primary care; Public health; Quality standards; Scope of practice; Teenagers; Workers; South Africa; paediatrics; health systems; child health; public health; practice guidelines as topic

Pioneering strategies like WHO’s Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) have resulted in substantial progress in addressing infant and child mortality. However, large inequalities exist in access to and the quality of care provided in different regions of the world. In many low-income and...