Table 1

Addressing thematic challenges in iCCM governance processes

Key challenges	Considerations for programme planning and implementation
Country leadership and health systems’ integration	Support from country leadership and ownership of iCCM concepts to facilitate integration into national health system’s policy and infrastructure
Information-sharing	Ensure information-sharing between country programmes and partnering organisations Increase generation of a contextual pool of iCCM evidence for countries to use
Dependency	Increase national investments to cost and financing to improve sustainability of programmes Reduce dependence on external funding
Stovepipes	Continue efforts to integrate disease specific stovepipes Improve coordination across programme initiatives that encourage a strategic approach to meeting child health goals