Background In developing countries, mortality in children with very severe pneumonia is
high, even with the provision of appropriate antibiotics, standard oxygen therapy, and other …

OBJECTIVE: Clinical pneumonia (defined as respiratory infections associated with clinical
signs of pneumonia, principally pneumonia and bronchiolitis) in children under five years of …

Background Pneumonia is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. This study
aimed to estimate the global hospitalisation due to Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the severity and duration of hypoxaemia in 703 children with
severe or very severe pneumonia presenting to Goroka Hospital in the Papua New Guinea …

India has the highest number of global deaths of children under 5 years of age. In the year
2015, it was reported that there were 5.9 million deaths of children under 5 years of age …

After the development of national vaccine programmes to deliver six vaccines to infants, new
vaccine adoption has been limited. Analysis of the health and economic implications of new …

Objective To evaluate whether five days' treatment with injectable ampicillin plus gentamicin
compared with chloramphenicol reduces treatment failure in children aged 2-59 months with …

Background Pneumonia is the most frequent cause of child mortality in less-developed
countries. We aimed to establish whether the combination of benzylpenicillin and …

It has been suggested Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) disease is uncommon in
Asia. During 1993–1997, we conducted prospective surveillance of acute infections caused …

Objective The primary objective was to estimate the burden of invasive pneumococcal
disease (IPD) in children aged 1 month to 12 years in South Asian countries. Methods We …