The World Health Organization wishes to express its gratitude to the following guidelines development group members, institutions, and consultants for their contributions to the update of the recommendations for the management of common childhood illnesses with limited resources, and revision of the pocket book.
Guidelines development group members
Dr Fizan Abdullah, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA; Shinjini Bhatnagar All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India; Wills Bridget, Clinical Research Unit, Viet Nam; Harry Campbell, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK; Leonila Dans, University of Philippines, Philippines; Trevor Duke, Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; Michael English, University of Nairobi and KEMRI, Kenya; Andy Gray, University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa; Sandra Grisi, Sao Paulo University, Brazil; Stuart Macleod, University of British Columbia, Canada; Hilda Mujuru, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe; Susan Niermeyer, University of Colorado, USA; Jesca Nsungwa, Ministry of Health, Uganda; Vinod Paul, AIIMS, India; Haroon Saloojee, Witwatersrand University, South Africa; Mathu Santosham, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA; Giorgio Tamburlini, Institute of Child Health, Italy; and Anita Zaidi, Aga Khan University, Pakistan.
Institutions
We are grateful to the following institutions for providing inputs and support during the process of reviewing the Pocket Book recommendations: Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Australia; University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya; Asociación Colaboración Cochrane Iberoamericana, Spain; Aga Khan University, Pakistan; Institute of Child Health Burlo Garofolo, Italy; University of Malawi, Malawi; Capital Institute of Paediatrics, China; University of Western Australia, Australia; and Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira, Brazil.
External peer reviewers
WHO wishes to acknowledge comments and contribution made by Sabrina Bakeere-Kitaka, Makerere Medical School, Uganda; Zulfqar Bhutta, Aga Khan University, Pakistan; Stephen W. Bickler, University of California-San Diego, USA; Uday Bodhankar, Commonwealth Association for Health & Disability, UK; Adegoke Falade, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Julian Kelly, Royal Children's Hospital, CICH, Melbourne, Australia; Carolyn Maclennan, Flinders University, Australia; Rhona MacDonald, Maternal Child health Advocacy International; Amha Mekasha, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia; Elizabeth Molyneux, College of Medicine, Malawi; and Robinah Najjemba, Public Health Consultant, Uganda.
We acknowledge WHO staff who actively participated as members of the Guidelines Steering Committee (GSC) or who contributed to and reviewed the draft recommendations: Desta Teshome, Africa Regional Office; Meena Cherian, Essential Health Technologies, Tarun Dua, Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Sandra Gove, HIV/AIDS; Malgorzata Grzemska, Stop TB; Emmalita Manalac, Western Pacific Regional Office; Peter Olumese, Global Malaria Programme; and Zita Weise Prinzo, Nutrition for Health and Development.
Special thanks for administrative support at WHO goes to Nicole Grillon in the department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, and our thanks to Rami Subhi at the Centre for International Child Health in Australia, who supported the collation of the evidence for the development of the recommendations.
The work was coordinated at WHO in Geneva, Switzerland, by Wilson Were with the support of Rajiv Bahl, Olivier Fontaine, and Shamim Qazi, department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, and Suzanne Hill in the department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies.
