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Descriptor English: Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
Descriptor Spanish: Atención Integrada a las Enfermedades Prevalentes de la Infancia
Descriptor atención integrada a las enfermedades prevalentes de la infancia
Entry term(s) AIEI (atención integrada a las enfermedades infantiles)
Scope note: Estrategia que implica el concepto de totalidad, que emerge como una alternativa para poner en práctica los programas específicos de control preexistentes (de crecimiento y desarrollo, inmunización etc). Cubre los principales problemas de salud que afectan a niños menores de 5 años de edad que son prevenibles y tratables fácilmente utilizando tecnologías adecuadas. (Fuente: OPS)
Descriptor Portuguese: Atenção Integrada às Doenças Prevalentes na Infância
Descriptor French: Gestion Intégrée de la Maladie de l'Enfance
Entry term(s): IMCI
Tree number(s): SP2.770.750.055.100
Scope note: Strategy involving the concept of wholeness, that emerges as an alternative to implement pre-existing specific control programs (growth and development, immunization etc). It covers the major health problems that affect children under 5 years old which are preventable and easily treatable using suitable technologies. (PAHO)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Child Health Services MeSH
DeCS ID: 50235
Unique ID: DDCS050235
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Integrated Management of Childhood Illness - Preferred
Concept UI FD00061414
Scope note Strategy involving the concept of wholeness, that emerges as an alternative to implement pre-existing specific control programs (growth and development, immunization etc). It covers the major health problems that affect children under 5 years old which are preventable and easily treatable using suitable technologies. (PAHO)
Preferred term Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
Entry term(s) IMCI



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