UNDER 5 CLINIC

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UNDER 5 CLINIC

• Dr. Rekha Dutt

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symbol of under 5 clinic
Care in illness
Family planning
Preventive care
Growth monitoring
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Aims and objectives

• Care in illness it is mothers felt need.
• 70-80 of illnesses can be treated with trained
  nurses.
• Diagnosis and treatment of acute illness, chronic
  illnesses and disorders of growth and
  development.
• X ray and laboratory services
• Referral services

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• Preventive care
• Immunization
• Nutritional surveillance
• sub clinical nutrition
• Food supplementation
• Health check ups every 3-6 months. The child
  health card is maintained.
• Oral rehydration solution for diarrhea . The
  child gets 2-6 attacks in a year.
• Family planning
• Health education

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• Growth monitoring on growth chart also called
  as Road to health card.
• Every month up to 1 year
• 2 monthly up to 2 years
• 3 monthly up to 5 years
• The weight is plotted according to the age of
  child.

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Growth Chart Used In India

• It has four reference curves.
• Top most curve 80 of the median (50th
  percentile) of the WHO reference standard.
• Lower lines represent 70 ,60 and 50 of the
  standard.
• 80 median weight is approximately equal to 2 SD
  below the median which is the conventional lower
  limit of normal range.
• Purpose of reference curve It indicates degree
  of malnutrition.

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