The autopsy concluded that the immediate cause of death was acute cardio-respiratory insufficiency and that the determinant cause of death was “broncho-pneumonia”.
For example, at one time doctors believed that they could cure pneumonia by cutting a live chicken in two and laying the pieces on the patient’s chest.
Similarly, indigenous residents of Alaska, northern Canada and Greenland have higher mortality rates from injury and suicide as well as higher hospitalization rates for infants with pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis and other respiratory infections.
There is growing consensus on a core set of family care practices that address five common, preventable or easily treatable conditions: pneumonia; diarrhoea; malaria; measles; and malnutrition
Furthermore, Indonesia noted the challenges being faced, which included the high maternal and child mortality rates caused by malaria, acute respiratory infection and pneumonia.
For example, it calls for 90% of all children to have access to antibiotics for pneumonia and oral rehydration salts for diarrhoea, up from current levels of 31 and 35% respectively.
The Government must take measures to address a number of issues, including malnutrition among girls, the need for a greater priority regarding AIDS, pneumonia as it affected pregnant women, and replacing the private sector as the main provider of contraceptives
* strengthening surveillance of unexplained pneumonia and routine sentinel surveillance of influenza; strengthening the etiological surveillance of influenza/avian influenza virus.
However, particularly in malnourished children and people with reduced immunity, measles can cause serious complications, including blindness, encephalitis, severe diarrhoea, ear infection and pneumonia.
Will powerful innovations, like the meningitis vaccine, like the vaccines for preventing diarrhoeal disease and pneumonia, like the new diagnostic test for tuberculosis, fall short of reaching their potential?
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Thus, children become severely malnourished because of acute paediatric diseases, such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria and measles, which are not treated or are inadequately treated owing to poor access to health care in terms of both timing and quality.
Save the Children UK writes that Israel’s restrictions on Palestinian access to and the development of agricultural land — in an area where almost all families are herders — mean that thousands of children are going hungry and are vulnerable to deadly illnesses such as diarrhoea and pneumonia.