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Case Study: Improving Private Practitioners' Case Management of Childhood Illness

In Uganda, private practitioners provide the majority of outside home care for childhood illnesses, such as diarrhea, acute respiratory illness, and malaria. However, it has been documented that the clinical quality of care provided by private practitioners in Uganda is generally sub-standard or harmful to patients. In response, the Ministry of Health's Integrated Management of Childhood Illness worked with stakeholders to first develop an appropriate strategy, followed by an intervention to improve the quality of private practitioners case management of childhood illnesses.