OBJECTIVES:

  1. Describe epidemiology of child and adolescent health and survival globally, emphasizing under-5 years (Schubert’s Aug 2020 Slides 3-26, 28ff)

  2. Understand principles of management and their related protocols/guidelines for high-burden childhood illnesses in low resource settings: 1) Outpatient Scabies, Diarrhea, Pneumonia (See Intro to ID)(remind re: IMCI); 2) the acutely ill/hospitalized child (ETAT, WHO Care of Hospitalized Child) (Conditions to highlight: Rheumatic Heart Disease/Congenital Heart Disease, Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM))

  3. Compare UNICEF/EPI-Plus and Guatemala vaccine schedules with the US child vaccine schedule (with Measles as a highlighted example).

  4. Describe causes of neonatal mortality and reduction of mortality through the protocols of Helping Babies Survive

INSTRUCTIONS:  

[This module is not yet built and is optional. References listed as helpful.]

Pediatrics topics are also covered in the following modules: 1) Approach in Low Resource Settings (IMCI, EPI); 2) Intro to ID (Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Scabies); 3) Nutrition (Anthropometrics, PEM and Micronutrient Deficiencies); 4) Family Planning (Contraception for adolescent girls). Live case simulations (Sugar Prep) may be scheduled during your course, depending on instructor availability.

This module should take around 1 hour to complete.  

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