Pneumonia in South-East Asia Region: public health perspective

Globally, pneumonia is the leading cause of death in young children and burden of disease is disproportionately high in South-East Asia Region of WHO. This review article presents the current status of pneumonia disease burden, risk factors and the ability of health infrastructure to deal with the s...

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Published in:Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) India : 1994), 2012-04, Vol.135 (4), p.459-468
Main Authors: Ghimire, M, Bhattacharya, S K, Narain, J P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Air pollution
Air Pollution, Indoor
Antibiotics
Asia, Southeastern - epidemiology
Bacterial pneumonia
Breast Feeding
Case management
Child
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Developing countries
Development and progression
Diarrhea
Disease
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Health risk assessment
Humans
Hygiene
Immunization
Incidence
India - epidemiology
Industrialized nations
Infections
LDCs
Malnutrition
Mortality
Outdoor air quality
Physiological aspects
Pneumonia
Pneumonia - complications
Pneumonia - epidemiology
Poverty
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Public Health
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications
Respiration
Review
Risk Factors
Systematic review
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Summary:Globally, pneumonia is the leading cause of death in young children and burden of disease is disproportionately high in South-East Asia Region of WHO. This review article presents the current status of pneumonia disease burden, risk factors and the ability of health infrastructure to deal with the situation. Literature survey was done for the last 20 years and data from country offices were also collected. The estimated incidence of pneumonia in under five children is 0.36 episodes per child, per year. Risk factors are malnutrition (40% in India), Indoor air pollution, non-breast feeding, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. Strengthening of health care delivery system for early detection and treatment and as well as minimization of preventable risk factors can avert a large proportion of death due to pneumonia.
ISSN:0971-5916