Reducing deaths from severe pneumonia in children in Malawi by improving delivery of pneumonia case management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the pneumonia specific case fatality rate over time following the implementation of a Child Lung Health Programme (CLHP) within the existing government health services in Malawi to improve delivery of pneumonia case management.

Methods

A prospective, nationwide public health intervention was studied to evaluate the impact on pneumonia specific case fatality rate (CFR) in infants and young children (0 to 59 months of age) following the implementation of the CLHP. The implementation was step-wise from October 1st 2000 until 31st December 2005 within paediatric inpatient wards in 24 of 25 district hospitals in Malawi. Data analysis compared recorded outcomes in the first three months of the intervention (the control period) to the period after that, lookin

SUBMITTER: Enarson PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4106861 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature