1. UNDER 5 CLINIC
Dr. Rekha Dutt

2. symbol of under 5 clinic Care in illness Family planning
Preventive care
Growth monitoring

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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. 6

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