Universal access to pneumonia prevention and care: A call for action

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 950-952

  Källander, Karin ^a,b   Young, Mark ^c   Qazi, Shamim ^d  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BREATHING RATE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; PULSE OXIMETRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT; INSURANCE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84919665881     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70248-6     Document Type: Note

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