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Children immunization against Hib, pneumococcus, measles and whooping cough (pertussis) remain the most effective way to prevent pneumonia. SCOPE OF PNEUMONIA KIT. The new Pneumonia kit 2020 is specially designed to provide sufficient child-size antibiotics to treat pneumonia, targeting children under 5 years of age.
- Revised WHO classification and treatment of childhood pneumonia at ...
The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of...
- Revised WHO classification and treatment of childhood pneumonia at ...
These pneumonia classification and management guidelines had been developed based on evi- dence generated in the 1970s and early 1980s, and were incorporated into the original version of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI).
The new Pneumonia kit 2020 is specially designed to provide sufficient child-size antibiotics to treat pneumonia, targeting children under 5 years of age. It aims to provide life-saving treatment based on the WHO protocols WHO treatment guidance Pneumonia should be treated with antibiotics.
Case management is a cornerstone of pneumonia control strategies. It consists of classifying the severity of illness using simple clinical signs such as fast breathing, chest indrawing and general danger signs, and then applying the appropriate treatment.
Effective strategies for prevention and control of pneumonia. 5. Over the past 20 years, evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent and control pneumonia has been accumulating. The following interventions have been shown to be successful in reducing pneumonia mortality:
1 cze 2014 · The purpose of this document is to provide a summary of WHO-approved recommendations,1,2 and the evidence supporting them, and to assist national child health programmes in revising their guidelines to conform to the new recommendations.
1 sty 2013 · These guidelines focus on the management of the major causes of childhood mortality in most developing countries, such as newborn problems, pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, meningitis, septicaemia, measles and related conditions, severe acute malnutrition and paediatric HIV/AIDS.
