Child health experts in Salem and nearby areas talk about their experiences
Sharing his views: Government Medical College Hospital Dean P.Shanmugam addressing delegates at the Pneumococcal Disease Conference in Salem on Sunday.
A total of 243 children aged one month to five years with World Health Organization defined severe community acquired pneumonia were studied for the presence of atypical bacterial pathogens: 24 were found positive for mycoplasma infection. There was no significant association with any of the clinical, laboratory and radiological variables in children with pneumonia by the atypical pathogen.
We studied the implementation of the World Health Organization protocol for the treatment of malnourished children at the largest maternal and infant hospital in the northeast of Brazil. The implementation of the protocol resulted in a reduction in the mortality rate from 38.0% to 16.2%.
In a major technological breakthrough, scientists of the biotechnology centre of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have succeeded in producing the world
In Xuanwei County, China, unvented indoor coal burning is strongly associated with increased risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, the impact of coal burning and stove improvement on risk of pneumonia is not clear. The researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study among all farmers born 1917 through 1951 and living in Xuanwei as of 1 January 1976.
It seems India just can't save its little babies. Globally 9.7 million babies under five die and 2.1 million are in India alone. Around 27 million births occur in India every year, but 1.7 million infants die before one year and 1.08 million within one month.
Bengal has recorded the highest number of child deaths from pneumococcal diseases in the past two years.
According to experts, pneumococcus bacteria causes more than 80 per cent of the pneumonia-related deaths.
The Central Bureau of Health Intelligence data shows that in 2006, 1,151 died of pneumonia in the state. The figure was 620 the next year, again highest in the country.
Who will benefit from globally promoted pneumonia vaccine? the pneumonia vaccine that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, a public-private coalition, and who are promoting in developing countries is expensive, inefficient and causes serious side-effects, contends a letter published in a public health journal. In a letter to the Bulletin of the World Health
