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Consultants Briefing Package On The Family and Community Component of IMCI WHO/AFRO. Purpose of the Briefing Package. To be used as a reference framework to plan and implement the household and community component of IMCI at the National and District level. Content. Introduction
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Consultants Briefing Package On The Family and Community Component of IMCI WHO/AFRO
Purpose of the Briefing Package To be used as a reference framework to plan and implement the household and community component of IMCI at the National and District level
Content • Introduction • Chapter one • Chapter two • Chapter three • Annexes • Glossary
Introduction • Components of IMCI • Definition of the Community Component of IMCI • Goal of C-IMCI • Summary of Key Practices • Guiding Principles • Operational framework for the implementation of C-IMCI
Chapter I : Orientation on the Briefing Package • Why a Briefing Package • Who will use the Briefing Package • Roles and Responsibilities of the facilitators/consultants • Profile of the facilitator/consultant • Directions for use of the Briefing Package
Chapter II : Development of the strategy • Elements of of the strategy • Organization and management • Sustainability • Scaling-up
Chapter III : Planning Process for C-IMCI • At the national level • At the intermediary level • At the district level • At the community level
Annexes and Glossary • Annex A : Guiding questions to initiate C-IMCI; • Annex B : Guiding questions for the Situation Analysis; • Annex C : Information to collect during Community Diagnosis; • Annex D : Examples of materials for the development of participatory programs; • Annex E : List of Key Practices to be promoted; • Annex F : Monitoring/Evaluation indicators for C-IMCI; • Glossary: Definition of terms used in the Briefing Package
Process followed in finalizing the package Pre-test • Cotonou, Benin 18-22 February • 18 Participants from Benin, Mali, Niger, Senegal • Results : • Easy to comprehend and follow • Applicable/acceptable to countries • Recommendations
Process to finalize the BP (con’t) Field-test • Francophone: Dakar, Senegal (20-24 May 2002) – 22 participants from 6 countries • Anglophone: Harare, Zimbabwe (17-21 June 2002) - 20 participants from 10 countries • Results: - Positive response - Fulfils a real and perceived need of countries - exercises needing considerable revision -needs more content (criteria for prioritization, tool to organize situation analysis data, bridging information to decision, frequently asked questions, add copies of recommended tools with their description..)
Recommendation • Revision of the materials according to the field-test results • Change name from Consultants Briefing Package to C-IMCI Planning Guide
Next Step • Finalization of the Briefing Package - 2-11 October 2002 in Harare, Zimbabwe ( WHO, UNICEF, BASICS) - Simultaneous translation into French • A training to be held before the end of the year/at the beginning of Q1/ 2003 using the finalized material