Abstract
In March 2014, over 400 individuals from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 59 international partner organizations gathered in Accra, Ghana for an integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Evidence Review Symposium. The objective was 2-fold: first, to review the current state of the art of iCCM implementation and second, to assist African countries to integrate lessons learned and best practices presented during the symposium into their programmes. Based on the findings from the symposium this supplement includes a comprehensive set of articles that provide the latest evidence for improving iCCM programs and ways to better monitor and evaluate such programs.
Highlights
In March 2014, over 400 individuals from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 59 international partner organizations gathered in Accra, Ghana for an integrated Community Case Management Evidence Review Symposium
Since the joint statement was released an increasing amount of evidence has been generated on the strengths and limitations of integrated community case management (iCCM), as well as the outcome and impact of iCCM within a variety of different country contexts [6]
Given the acceptance of iCCM as a delivery strategy to reach those with limited access to health services, there has been much interest to add other interventions to the package such as maternal and newborn but these additions are only currently being tested in a few countries
Summary
In March 2014, over 400 individuals from 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and 59 international partner organizations gathered in Accra, Ghana for an integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Evidence Review Symposium. In regards to policy and scale up Rasanathan et al report on the results of survey on iCCM in sub-Saharan Africa and in a viewpoint summarizing policy issues that impact scale www.jogh.org
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