This pocket book consists of guidelines on the classification of illness severity, criteria for admission, and inpatient management of the major causes of childhood mortality such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, severe malnutrition, meningitis, HIV and neonatal conditions. The guidelines target the management of the seriously ill newborn or child in the first 24 - 48 hours of arrival at the hospital.
This decree, taken in application of the provisions of article 109 of Ordinance No. 01/95/PR/MSP of January 14, 1995, sets out the procedures for the care of patients in public health facilities.