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标题：Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza
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作者：Igor Rudan ; Evropi Theodoratou ; Lina Zgaga 等
期刊名称：EdA Esempi di Architettura
电子版ISSN：2035-7982
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：1-7
DOI：10.7189/jogh.02.010304
出版社：EdA
摘要：Acute lower respiratory infections, which broadlyinclude pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are still theleading cause of childhood mortality.ALRI contributedto 18% of all deaths in children younger than fiveyears of age in 2008 [1], and the main pathogens responsiblefor high mortality were Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilusinfluenzae and respiratory syncytial virus [2-4].Inaddition, meningitis was estimated to contribute up to200 000 deaths each year, and influenza anywhere between25 000 and 110 000 [1,5].It is widely acknowledged thata major portion of this mortality should be avoidable if universalcoverage of all known effective interventions couldbe achieved.However, some evaluations of the implementationof World Health Organization’s (WHO) IntegratedManagement of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy, whichpromotes improved access to a trained health provider whocan administer “standard case management”, have shownsomewhat disappointing results [6-8].