World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Acute Respiratory Infection, No. 93.25: Interim Programme Report 1992

By G. Michael Hendry

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Acute Respiratory Infection, No. 93.25: Interim Programme Report 1992
Author:	G. Michael Hendry
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Michael Hendry, B. G. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Acute Respiratory Infection, No. 93.25. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
The rapid decline in the death rates from pneumonia after the introduction of antimicrobial chemotherapy has been remarkable in developed countries, but the benefits of this therapeutic progress have not yet reached many children of the world. Despite the tremendous advances in health technologies, managerial sciences and socioeconomic development during the twentieth century, pneumonia is still a leading cause of death in children in the world, as it was for all ages in Europe and North America one hundred years ago. The widespread morbidity and the high toll of young lives in developing countries make pneumonia one of the priority health problems - and certainly the most important respiratory illness - among children.

Table of Contents
Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Technical policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Support to national programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Managerial policies: priority countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Planning and implementation of national programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Logistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Monitoring and evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Surveillance of antibiotic resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Progress in the achievement of the global targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Appropriate technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Respiratory rate timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Equipment for oxygen delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Foot-pump and nebulizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Projects supported in 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Case management research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Behavioural and communications research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Health systems research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Disease prevention research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Information services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Programme management and resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Programme review bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Resources and obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Annex 1 : Status of national control programmes. 31 December 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Annex 2 : New and continuing research projects funded by the ARI Programme. 1992 . . . . . . . . . 71 Annex 3 : New publications and documents. 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79