Thematic evaluation of Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) activities

Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) is a community-based strategy that enables trained community health workers to diagnose and treat the leading causes of under-five mortality and morbidity particularly in underserved and hard-to-reach populations. These include uncomplicated cases of malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia, and referral for severe cases. In many MSF contexts, community health workers also screen for malnutrition and necessary vaccines.

This thematic evaluation explores the implementation, performance, and strategic recommendations for scalability and sustainability of iCCM activities in the MSF-OCB portfolio as per end of 2024. To do so, it explores programmatic areas against the eight WHO/UNICEF benchmarks for iCCM. 

The evaluation was conducted using information and data gathered from eight MSF-OCB projects with iCCM activities: Masisi (DRC), Niono and Tombouctou (Mali), Cibitoke (Burundi), Kenema (Sierra Leone), Yei and EGPAA (South Sudan), and Kebbi (Nigeria).