Table 2

Implementation of IMCI by component in 14 countries of the WHO European region

	Overall	Albania	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Georgia	Kazakhstan	Kosovo*	Kyrgyzstan	Moldova	Russian Federation	Tajikistan	Turkey	Turkmenistan	Ukraine	Uzbekistan
1. Improving health worker performance
At the primary healthcare level
Health workers training on IMCI algorithm	14	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Follow-up after training	14	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
At the hospital level
Introduction of WHO PB	12	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Hospital assessment	11	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+
Training on WHO PB	11	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+
PB adopted as national treatment guideline	6	–	+	–	–	+	–	+	+	–	+	–	–	–	+
Implementation of improvement activities	8	–	+	–	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	–	–	+
2. Health systems strengthening
Inclusion of IMCI drugs in National Essential Drug list	12	+	+	+	–	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+
IMCI drugs are available free of charge at all times	4	–	–	–	–	+	–	+	+	–	–	–	+	–	–
Supportive supervision mechanism	1	–	–	–	–	/	–	–	–	–	/	–	–	–	+
Addressed inconsistencies of classification vs ICD 10	2	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+
Addressed policy inconsistencies†	2	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–
3. Community component
Campaigns	9	+	–	+	–	+	–	+	+	–	+	–	+	+	+
Home visits (integration of IMCI messages)	8	–	+	–	–	+	+	+	+	–	+	–	+	–	+
EIC materials for parents	11	+	+	+	–	+	–	+	+	+	+	–	+	+	+

*In accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
†For example, sanitary epidemiological services’ requirements for diarrhoea management.
/, aspect reported as partially present; +, aspect reported; −, aspect reported not present; EIC, education, information and communication; ICD, International Classification of Diseases; IMCI, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness; PB, Pocket Book.