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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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) India : 1994), 2012-04, Vol.135 (4), p.459-468
Hauptverfasser:	Ghimire, M, Bhattacharya, S K, Narain, J P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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