While briefing the media, Dr Shamim Qazi, an expert at WHO’s Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, said the study compared the impact of treating severe pneumonia at home with treatment at a health facility such as a clinic or hospital
“The result of the study shows that children with severe pneumonia who were treated by lady health workers at home with simple, oral antibiotics were more likely to recover than children who were referred to a health facility, as previously recommended by WHO,” said Dr Shamim Qazi.
“It is found that 18% of children suffering from pneumonia had treatment failure in a health facility, while at home the failure rate was only 9%”, Dr Qazi said.
The findings of the research were published on the eve of World Pneumonia Day, on 12 November.
