title: A health systems approach to integrated community case management of childhood illness: methods and tools.
abstract: Integrated community case management (iCCM) of childhood illness is an increasingly popular strategy to expand life-saving health services to underserved communities. However, community health approaches vary widely across countries and do not always distribute resources evenly across local health systems. We present a harmonized framework, developed through interagency consultation and review, which supports the design of CCM by using a systems approach. To verify that the framework produces results, we also suggest a list of complementary indicators, including nine global metrics, and a menu of 39 country-specific measures. When used by program managers and evaluators, we propose that the framework and indicators can facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of community case management.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McGorman
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guenther
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gilroy
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Barat
authors.forename: Diaa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hammamy
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wansi
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Davidson H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hamer
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000592:standards*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000592:standards*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans