Table 2.

Appropriate management of sick children reflecting improved skills of health providers^{13 12}

Indicator	Source: Pre-IMCI and post-IMCI assessment (13) (97 health facilities, 13 districts, 2001–2002)		Source: Follow-up visits 4–6 weeks after training(17) (6770 observations, 242 districts, 1999–2008)*
	Pre-IMCI	6 months post-IMCI
Correctly assessed child for all 5 main symptoms (cough, diarrhoea, fever, throat problem, ear problem)	0/97 (0%)	81/86 (94.2%)	6550/6770 (96.8%)
Correctly checked child for immunisation status (BCG, polio, DPT, hepatitis B, measles and MMR)†	18/97 (18.6%)	83/88 (94.3%)	6029/6169 (97.7%)
Correctly assessed feeding (in child less than 2 years old and/or with low weight and/or with anaemia)†	1/85 (1.2%)	72/73 (98.6%)	5141/5519 (93.1%)
Correctly prescribed oral antibiotics to child needing antibiotics (for pneumonia, dysentery, acute ear infection and streptococcal sore throat)	6/58 (10.3%)	13/16 (81.3%)	998/1076 (92.8%)

*^#The denominators of the indicators reported vary depending on the indicator definition.

†Tasks performed by nurses. All the other indicators refer to tasks performed by physicians.

IMCI, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness.