Short description
The Community Drug management for Childhood Illness (C-DMCI) Assessment Tool was developed to evaluate practices of use of medicines to treat childhood illnesses and malaria in the community.
Purpose
The goal of this tool is to assess medicine use and availability at community level and the practices of caregivers as well as of key providers of medicines (including all types of private providers).
Methodology and type of data required
The assessment is carried out at two levels in the community: the provider level and the household level. The results of the assessment help program planners to identify and address factors related to the availability of medicines, treatment seeking practices and how medicines are used by providers, patients and caretakers.
The assessment tool is relatively easy to use. The data are designed to be collected by lay collectors, such as school teachers, using structures interviews with providers and sellers of medicines as well as with caregivers of recently sick children.
Users/Target audience
Health managers, program planners, regional or national policy-makers
Organization
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Contact
Beth Yeager
Management Sciences for Health
4301 N, Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
USA
Phone: (703) 310-3436
Fax: (703) 524-7898
Email: byeager@msh.org
Website
http://erc.msh.org/toolkit/Tool.cfm?lang=1&TID=101&CID=2
Keywords
assessment tool
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