In study centres | In the field |
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• Paediatric care under the supervision of a qualified pediatrician | • Facilitate access to care and cover costs of care |
• Clinical training and accreditation programme, with regular subsequent monitoring and evaluation |    ▪ Transport to hospital reimbursement |
• Regular meetings of the Patient Care Forum to discuss patient care, vaccine safety, data collection, and management of specific conditions |    ▪ Local field workers to facilitate transportation |
• Distribution of WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children | • Assure access to recommended prevention and treatment approaches: |
• Improvements to care delivery that benefit the wider community |    ▪ Bed nets to be distributed during screening process in areas with no bed net access |
• Improved infrastructure, wards refurbishment, introduction of new diagnostic techniques (microbiology, X-ray radiology) |    ▪ Where available, normal distribution channels encouraged through information sessions |
• Hospital medical notes developed for patient follow up, extended to all admissions |    ▪ Exclude malaria treatments based on drugs with high resistance rates |
• Address HIV/AIDS through collaboration with local HIV care delivery facilities |  |
• Local implementation of national recommendations access to voluntary counselling and testing |  |
• Access to highly active antiretroviral paediatric therapy at the local or regional level |  |
• Refer patients to hospitals with more comprehensive facilities when more precise diagnostic techniques or specialized care required |  |