Challenges and needs before implementing routine pulse oximetry within primary care for sick children in West Africa: baseline assessment within the AIRE project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines are implemented within primary health centres (PHCs) in resource-limited settings. These symptom-based algorithms under-diagnose severe hypoxemia, which contributes to the under-five'mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. To improve the diagnosis and management of severe hypoxaemia, the Améliorer l'Identification des détresses Respiratoires chez l'Enfant (AIRE) project implemented the routine use of pulse oximetry (PO) within IMCI consultations in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger. We described the intervention sites and measured their capacity to offer IMCI care prior to project implementation.

Methods

A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted in all the AIRE PHCs and their district hospitals

SUBMITTER: Hedible KGB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673549 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature