4202.0: Tuesday, November 14, 2000: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
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| Over the last 15 years, USAID funded Child Survial Projects implemented by Private Voluntary Organizations have worked with families, communities, and governments in implementing preventive and curative maternal and child health services. Most programs have been effective in reducing under-five morbidity and mortality. This session describes two major lessons learned from these projects: 1) the ability of trained community members to assess and treat sick children, and 2) PVO success in strengthening Distict Health Team Management. As the number of potential interventions has increased, planners are challenged with matching attributable risk, availability of interventions, feasibility, measurability, and sustainability (Paper 3). Moving beyond child survival to child wellness and quality of life is proposed as the next logical step for improving child health in the twenty-first century(Paper 4) | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| F Marc LaForce, MD | ||||
| Stanley Foster, MD | ||||
| Evaluation of community health worker skills to assess, classify, treat and counsel sick children, Siaya, Kenya Benta Osamba, Renu Manjrekar, MD, MPH | ||||
| Child survival project strengthening of district health services, Bergville, South Africa Gary Morris, MPraxMed, DTMH, Ann Henderson, Larry Casazza, MD, MPH, Monika Holst | ||||
| Fifteen years of child survival projects: their effectiveness in addressing attributable risks Michel Pacqué | ||||
| Moving from child survival to child wellness, a challenge for the twenty-first century Stanley O. Foster, MD, MPH | ||||
| Sponsor: | International Health | |||
| Cosponsors: | Social Work | |||