Home Drug Doses by Weight or Age for Children 2-59 Months (WHO IMCI)
Gives IMCI home drug doses for a child 2-59 months by the chart bands.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Drug
- Amoxicillin (pneumonia, ear infection)
- Weight in kg
- 12
- Age in months
- 18
Result: Amoxicillin 2 tablets of 250 mg (or 10 mL of 250 mg/5 mL syrup) twice a day for 5 days.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Drug
- Weight in kg (preferred)
- Age in months
- Zinc: edition
- Iron: child on RUTF
How this is calculated
Citation
WHO. Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) chart booklet. Geneva: WHO; March 2014. Pages 12-14 and 16 (oral drugs) and the diarrhea page (zinc). WHO pneumonia and diarrhoea guideline 2024 (amoxicillin mg/kg, zinc 5 mg). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.