Naslov
Childhood pneumonia deaths: a new role for health workers?

Autori
Rudan, Igor ; Campbell, Harry

Izvornik
The Lancet (0140-6736) 372 (2008), 9641; 781-782

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
health workers; children; pneumonia; mortality

Sažetak
Pneumonia continues to be the leading cause of child deaths globally, killing more than 2 million children each year. Deaths from pneumonia, more than any other major childhood disease, affect mainly underprivileged and poor children who have limited or no access to the health systems of their countries. Most of these deaths are potentially avoidable through the application of existing interventions. However, highly cost-effective interventions are neither being adequately implemented in local settings, nor carried out at a scale that reaches all children nationwide.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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