Childhood very severe pneumonia and meningitis related hospitalization and death in Yemen, before and after introduction of H. influenzae type b [Hib] vaccine
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2014; 20 (7): 431-441
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ABSTRACT
Haemophilus influenzae type b [Hib] vaccine was included in the Yemen immunization programme in 2005. This study compared the rates of very severe pneumonia and all-cause meningitis hospitalization and death, before and after introduction of conjugate Hib vaccine, and reports the results of the 2010 bacterial meningitis surveillance. A retrospective analysis was made of data collected for 20002010 for all children aged 260 months in the main children's hospital in Sana'a. Compared with the pre-Hib vaccination period, the post-Hib period showed significant and impressive reductions in the rates of hospitalization and death for all-cause meningitis. However, hospitalization and death for very severe pneumonia improved only modestly, and there was evidence of a decreasing but non-significant trend indicting that very severe pneumonia was a non-specific endpoint with multi-etiologies [both viral and bacterial]. Very severe pneumonia remains the leading cause of severe morbidity and death for young children, particularly those aged < 12 months.
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Índice:
IMEMR (Mediterrâneo Oriental)
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Criança
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Vacinas Anti-Haemophilus
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Morte
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Hospitalização
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Meningite
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J.
Ano de publicação:
2014
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