Kinney, MOliphant, N.PManda, S2021-05-202021-05-202021Kinney, M. et al. (2021). Integrated community case management of childhood illness in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(2),CD0128821465-185810.1002/14651858.CD012882.pub2http://hdl.handle.net/10566/6171The leading causes of mortality globally in children younger than five years of age (under-fives), and particularly in the regions of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Southern Asia, in 2018 were infectious diseases, including pneumonia (15%), diarrhoea (8%), malaria (5%) and newborn sepsis (7%) (UNICEF 2019). Nutrition-related factors contributed to 45% of under-five deaths (UNICEF 2019). World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with other development partners, have developed an approach – now known as integrated community case management (iCCM) – to bring treatment services for children 'closer to home'. The iCCM approach provides integrated case management services for two or more illnesses – including diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria, severe acute malnutrition or neonatal sepsis – among under-fives at community level (i.e. outside of healthcare facilities) by lay health workers where there is limited access to health facility-based case management services (WHO/UNICEF 2012).enAfrica South of the SaharaSalaries and fringe benefitsChildhood illnessInfant nutrition disordersHealth systemsArticle