From research to national expansion: 20 years' experience of community-based management of childhood pneumonia in Nepal | Zendy

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From research to national expansion: 20 years' experience of community-based management of childhood pneumonia in Nepal

Author(s) -

Penny Dawson,

YV Pradhan,

Robin Houston,

Sujan Karki,

Darbin Kumar Poudel,

Stephen Hodgins

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.07.047688

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , child mortality , population , government (linguistics) , community health , community acquired pneumonia , environmental health , public health , nursing , linguistics , philosophy

Pneumonia is a leading cause of mortality of children aged under five in Nepal. Research conducted by John Snow Inc. in the 1980s determined that pneumonia case management by community-based workers decreased under-five mortality by 28%.

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