Proposed subsidiary products Implementation of the recommendations
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a distribution network to all medical libraries or individuals and through the non- proit Teaching-Aids at Low Cost TALC website.
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he Pocket Book will be introduced in medical and paramedical training institutions through national societies and in collaboration with the International
Paediatric Association IPA. WHO will also continue collaborating with various child health groups that have been instrumental in dissemination, implementation,
and evaluation of the Pocket Book, including:
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International Child Health Review Collaboration ICHRC, a database of the evidence-base for the Pocket Book recommendations
http:www.ichrc.org .
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Centre for International Child health, a WHO Collaborating Centre in Melbourne, Australia
www.rch.org.aucich .
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National and regional networks whose missions are to improve the quality of care for children in hospitals, like the Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI
http:www.idoc-africa.org .
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Collaboration with various partners like the International Paediatric Association IPA who are collaborating with WHO on improving quality of care through
their regional and national societies.
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Collaboration with child health specialists at national, regional, and international levels to support national adaptation and implementation of the Pocket Book as
part of the process of improving quality of care.
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Collaboration with medical students through national, regional, and international societies.
Evaluation of the guidelines will continue to be undertaken through periodic quality of care assessments in hospitals and through country reviews undertaken by the
department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health using the quality of care framework and the hospital assessment tools mentioned above.