What is it about?
Pneumonia is the leading killer of children under five years of age. We have reviewed the ethology, management and risk factors along with prevention strategies from Indian published Indian literature since 1985.
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Why is it important?
This is an update about childhood pneumonia. It will help in planning future research and policy for preventing deaths due to pneumonia.
Perspectives
This article gives an Indian perspective about childhood pneumonia. Readers will get an insight on what has happened in this filed over last 30 years. Work done by Dr Shally Awasthi and her colleagues during this time period has been cited making it very informative and focussed
Dr Shally Awasthi
King George's Medical University
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This page is a summary of: The current status of community-acquired pneumonia management and prevention in children under 5 years of age in India: a review, Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, June 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2049936116652326.
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