Section 1. Midwifery practice in the Philippines has been recognized as one of the primary health care services for the people. The role of midwives has been expanded to address the basic health service needs of mothers and their children. Midwifery Education must be able to respond to those need by producing midwives who have up- 2. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS INTRODUCTION Pneumonia, diarrhea, dengue hemorrhagic fever, malaria, measles and malnutrition cause more than 70% of the deaths in children under 5 years of age. All these are preventable diseases in which when managed and treated early could have prevented these deaths. IMCI aims to reduce death, illness and disability, and to promote improved growth and development among infants and children aged less than 5 years. IMCI includes both preventive and therapeutic elements that are implemented by families and communities as well as by health workers in facilities. In health facilities, the IMCI strategy focuses on infants and children presenting with an illness and promotes the accurate identification of childhood illnesses in outpatient settings, ensures Health facility surveys involving observations of case management were carried out at baseline (2000) and at two points (2003 and 2005) after implementation of IMCI in intervention facilities The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a program established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide simple effective methods to prevent and manage the leading causes of serious illness and mortality in young children. IMCI is designed for use in outpatient clinical settings with limited diagnostic tools, limited Dr. C. delos Reyes - Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines Dr. O. Limuaco - Philippine Pharmacists Association Dr. C. Lazarte - Formulary Executive Council Dr. C. Carlos - Research Institute for Tropical Medicine Dr. R. Vianzon - National Center for Disease Prevention and Control Dr. M. Lansang - UP College of Medicine Background Studies focusing on the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) program in the Philippines are limited, and perspectives of frontline health care workers (HCWs) are largely absent in relation to the introduction and current implementation of the program. Here, we describe the operational challenges and opportunities described by HCWs implementing IMCI in five regions of 1 CHAPTER 1 INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF NEONATAL AND CHILDHOOD ILLNESS 1.1 THE INEQUITIES OF CHILD HEALTH Over the last 3 decades the annual number of deaths among children less than 5 years of The 3 Components of the IMNCI Strategy. • The strategy actually includes three main components: 1. Improvements in the case-management skills of health staff through the guidelines on Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood illness. • This has been discussed above. 1.3 Love of People a. Respect for the dignity of each person regardless of creed, color, gender and political affiliation. 1.4 Love of Country a. Patriotism (Civic duty, social responsibility and good governance) Introduction MeetingsofRSG RSGCommittee Meeting No/Location Date Host Chairman RSGCommittee Meeting No/Location Date Host Chairman 00Brussels 26.09.95 EOTC/IMCI GunnarHolm(VTT) 25Lisbon 10/11.03.03 RINAVE "" Introduction MeetingsofRSG RSGCommittee Meeting No/Location Date Host Chairman RSGCommittee Meeting No/Location Date Host Chairman 00Brussels 26.09.95 EOTC/IMCI GunnarHolm(VTT) 25