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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that is most commonly caused by viruses or bacteria. It can cause mild to life-threatening illness in people of all ages, however it is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide.
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11 lis 2022 · Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. Pneumonia killed 740 180 children under the age of 5 in 2019, accounting for 14% of all deaths of children under 5 years old but 22% of all deaths in children aged 1 to 5 years.
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that is most commonly caused by viruses or bacteria. These infections are generally spread by direct contact with infected people. Pneumonia affects children and families everywhere, but is most prevalent in South Asia and sub - Saharan Africa.
Pneumonia kit 2020. For 100 cases among which 60 cases of children ≥ 5 years old and 40 cases of children < 5 years old and adults. The new Pneumonia kit 2020 is specially designed to provide sufficient child-size antibiotics to treat pneumonia, targeting children under 5 years of age.
8 mar 2023 · WHO conducted a 3-day “Stakeholder consultative meeting on the prevention and management of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea” in October 2021, in which the key findings of these scoping reviews were presented and discussed, and the need for the update of guidelines was confirmed.
Immunization against Hib, pneumococcus, measles and whooping cough (pertussis) is the most effective way to prevent pneumonia. Adequate nutrition is key to improving children's natural defences , starting with exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life.
Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae are the most common bacteria causing pneumonia and these two organisms account for more than half of all deaths due to pneumonia in children under five years of age. Respiratory syncytial virus is the most common virus causing pneumonia, particularly in young infants, followed by influenza ...
