TABLE 4—
Characteristics of Study Sites in the Multi-Country Evaluation of IMCI
| Tanzania | Uganda | Bangladesh | Peru | Brazil | |
| Design | Pre–post comparison of 2 IMCI and 2 non-IMCI districts | Comparison of 10 districts with different levels of IMCI implementation | Randomized trial of 10 health facilities with IMCI and 10 without IMCI | Comparison of 25 departments with different levels of IMCI implementation | Comparison of 32 IMCI and 64 non-IMCI municipalities |
| Baseline under-5 mortality | 160–180 | 141 | 96 | 58 | 70 |
| Mortality assessment | DSS | Surveys | DSS + survey | Vital statistics | Surveys |
| Household coverage surveys | 1999 (baseline) | 2000 (baseline) | 2000 (baseline) | Not planned for Phase 1 | 2004 (planned) |
| 2004 (planned) | 2004 (planned) | 2004 (planned) | |||
| Health facility assessments | 2000 (midway) | Ongoing rolling sample | 2000 (baseline) | 1999 (pilot study in selected departments) | 2002 (midway) |
| 2004 (planned) | |||||
| Cost assessments | Included in survey tools | Included in survey tools | Included in survey tools | Not included in Phase 1 | Included in survey tools |
| Randomization | None | None | Yes (2001) | None | None |
| Type of inference | Plausibility | Plausibility | Probability | Plausibility | Plausibility |
| Malaria | Yes | Yes | None | Variable | None |
| Partnerships | Ifakara Centre, TEHIP, MOH | Johns Hopkins, Makerere University, MOH, USAID | ICDDR, B, MOH, USAID | Instituto del Niño, MOH | Ceará University, MOH |
Note. IMCI = Integrated Management of Childhood Illness; DSS = Demographic Surveillance System; TEHIP = Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project; ICDDR, B = International Centre For Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh; MOH = ministry of health; USAID = US Agency for International Development.