Management and outcomes of chest-indrawing pneumonia among children aged 2-59 months in a programme setting in Ethiopia: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five years of age. In 2012, the World Health Organization revised its guidelines for managing childhood pneumonia and recommended oral amoxicillin for the outpatient treatment of chest indrawing pneumonia in children aged 2-59 months. While the Ethiopian government subsequently adopted these revised pneumonia guidelines, the level of their implementation and of the related treatment outcomes remains less known. We aimed to determine the outcomes of this approach at primary healthcare facilities in Ethiopia.

Methods

We conducted a prospective, observational cohort study at five health centres in Northern Ethiopia from November 2022 to November 2023. Trained health workers screened all childre

SUBMITTER: Tigabu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature