In the Scientific Center for Pediatrics and Children’s Surgery, the Republican Center for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) and Breastfeeding Support "has been opened with the aim of coordinating and providing methodological assistance to the regional IMCI Centers, as well as with the aim of training pediatric specialists in the provision of qualified medical care to early children age.

The first large event in the professional development framework of specialists was this training seminar on the WHO / Kazakhstan Pocket Guide "Providing inpatient care to children."

From October 14 to 18, 2019 at the Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Children’s Surgery, a training seminar "Providing inpatient care for children according to WHO recommendations adapted to the Republic of Kazakhstan" was held for deputy heads of the Regional Health Departments, regional coordinators of IMCI and pediatric specialists to familiarize themselves with the additions made in the Pocket Guide, as well as with the development of practical skills in providing emergency care to young children.

The pocket guide “Providing inpatient care to children” is the result of international efforts coordinated by the Department of Health and Development of Children and Adolescents of the World Health Organization. This pocket guide is intended for doctors, nurses and other qualified health professionals who are responsible for helping young children in hospitals. It contains clinical recommendations based on reviews of published evidence performed by experts in specific clinical areas. Particular attention is paid to the management of cases of diseases that constitute the main causes of child mortality, such as pneumonia, diarrhea, severe malnutrition, malaria, meningitis, measles, HIV infection and their associated conditions.

Since 2016, new additional scientific evidence has appeared on the provision of medical care to young children in the hospital in emergency situations such as shock, cramps, and oxygen therapy tactics. The working group, which included national coordinators of the Republic of Kazakhstan and international experts from WHO and UNICEF, innovative additions were adapted and included in the WHO / Kazakhstan Pocket Guide "Inpatient care for children."

In 2019, the mobile application “Children in a hospital, Kazakhstan” was developed in the country, developed by the WHO European Bureau based on an appeal from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As part of the training, specialists were familiarized with this mobile application and working with it.

The WHO mobile application “Children in a hospital, Kazakhstan” enables doctors to turn in details to international recommendations for the treatment of common childhood diseases in a hospital, including calculating the dose of drugs and recommendations for supportive measures. Available for free download on any mobile phone or tablet.

The training also addressed issues on the further sustainable implementation of the IMCI Program in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The training seminar was conducted by WHO international experts on the “WHO Pocket Guide”, national trainers in IMCI Babaeva B.N, Ospanova Z.M.

The purpose of the event is to improve the provision quality of medical services to children, especially up to 5 years of age, who are hospitalizing, with development of practical skills in providing emergency care to young children.

“The management of healthy and sick children from 0 to 5 years old according to IMCI is reflected in Order No. 1027 of December 29, 2017 “The organization standard of pediatric care in the Republic of Kazakhstan” both on an outpatient and inpatient level. In 2019, we received the Mobile application “Children in a hospital, Kazakhstan”, developed by the WHO European Bureau at the request of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which has not yet been implemented in practical health care. This mobile application can be used by all medical workers of the Republic of Kazakhstan working in children's hospitals. We have been using the WHO / Kazakhstan Pocket Guide since 2013. This days, there are already additional new scientific evidence for 2016 for the WHO Pocket Guide, which are provided for adaptation in countries where this guide has already been implemented. Thus, it was decided to carry out these activities to adapt the latest updates on the inpatient management of sick children under 5 years of age in the Republic of Kazakhstan and to familiarize hospital staff with the Mobile Application, "said WHO international expert on the WHO Pocket Guide, Bayan Babayeva, a national trainer for IMCI.

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