Title:	Determining the Effectiveness of the Pneumonia Case Management using the IMCI classification among hospitalized Malawian children: a secondary data analysis
Author:	Mislang, Leah
Institution:	Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
Graduate date:	2015-11-01 (W3C-DTF)
Document:	Mislang_Abstract.pdf
Description: Pneumonia continues to claim the lives of children in the African region. Interventions that address this problem have been made to reduce mortalities from this disease. This study sought to find the role of the IMCI case management as a measure of reducing childhood pneumonia deaths in the Malawian setting. Secondary analysis of existing data was done among 113,154 Malawian children admitted for pneumonia from 2001-2012. IMCI or the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness algorithm and the variables Signs, Classification, Treatment and Outcome were analyzed using logistic regression models.
Classification:	2015 (LCSH)
Language:	English
Date Of Record Creation:	2016-01-17 10:11:16 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release:	2016-01-17 15:19:04 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified:	2016-01-17 15:19:33 (W3C-DTF)