Learning Objectives

• Describe the contribution of pneumonia to childhood mortality and analyse the immediate, underlying, and basic causes
• Describe the strategies recommended by the Integrated Global Action for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) program under the three headings of “protect, prevent and treat”
• Describe the basis of Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) and apply to case examples
• Describe the features of uncomplicated malaria and of severe malaria, and discuss the rationale for introduction of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) and rapid diagnostic testing (RDT)
• Discuss the lifecycle of the plasmodium parasite in relation to preventive efforts and analyse recent advances in malaria prevention and control
• Give examples of ways in which meeting SDG targets could improve outcomes for children with pneumonia or malaria

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

• what are the 3 components of IMCI?
• what does IMCI cover?
• how do you assess a child via IMCI guidelines?

Global Action Plan for Pneumonia & Diarrhoea

• what are the 3 elements of the GAPPD program?
• what strategies protect children from pneumonia?
• what strategies prevent pneumonia?
• what strategies treat pneumonia?

Pneumonia

• what are 2 key signs of pneumonia?
• IMCI Pneumonia Case Management