The intervention reduced infant mortality from pneumonia
The infant mortality rate from pneumonia can be more than one third, to detect whether the community intervention and treatment of disease are used can be reduced, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Moreover, for the first time, a meta-analysis of nine studies have demonstrated in seven countries held a substantial reduction of neonatal mortality and pneumonia following global community case management. The study, the effect of case management of pneumonia on mortality of newborns, infants and preschool children: a meta-analysis of community-based studies appear in September 2003, The Lancet Infectious Diseases.Co-author, Robert E. Black, MD, professor and director of the Department of International Health at the school, said
pneumonia is the leading cause of death among children in developing countries and the need for antibiotic treatment to prevent complications and death . The studies are summarized in this analysis show that health professionals can treat pneumonia in the community and operating results in a reduction of 24 percent of all children (0-4 years) mortality and decreased 36 percent of mortality from pneumonia.As the use of health facilities is low in many developing countries, this means that the proper management of pneumonia at community level and save up to 2 million children die each year, he said .The researchers conducted a meta-analysis of nine community studies that have evaluated the effects of management intervention of cases of pneumonia on mortality. The themes of
each study were classified into three age groups: newborns (less than a month), children (under one year) and children (0-4 years). The approach to case management, which was proposed by the World Health Organization, is based on the assumption that a high proportion of fatal pneumonia have a bacterial origin, treatment with antibiotics can reduce the mortality, a simple algorithm is sensitive and specific enough to identify Pages: [1] 2