摘要：Integrated community case management (iCCM) program- ming is an important and increasingly common strategy used to deliver essential health and nutrition interventions to families in sub–Saharan Africa [1–3].Between 3 and 5 March 2014, over 400 individuals from 35 countries in sub–Saharan Africa and 59 international partner organisa- tions gathered in Accra, Ghana for an iCCM Evidence Re- view Symposium.The objective of the Symposium was twofold: first, to review the current state of the art of iCCM implementation by bringing together researchers, donors, government, implementers and partners to review the map of the current landscape and status of evidence in key iCCM programme areas, in order to draw out priorities, lessons and gaps for improving child and maternal–new- born health and nutrition.Second, to assist African coun- tries to integrate and take action on key frontline iCCM findings presented during the evidence Symposium around eight thematic areas: 1) Coordination, Policy Setting and Scale up; 2) Human Resources and Deployment; 3) Super- vision & Performance Quality Assurance; 4) Supply Chain Management; 5) Costs, and cost-effectiveness and financ- ing; 6) Monitoring, Evaluation and Health Information Sys- tems; 7) Demand generation and social mobilisation; and 8) Impact and outcome evaluations.The eight thematic ar- eas were based on the CCM benchmark framework, a tool for iCCM program planners and managers to systemati- cally design and implement iCCM programs from the ear- ly phases through expansion and scale up.The framework specifies key steps that should be completed for each com- ponent and phase of implementation [4].
