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028 _bWurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102:
028 _bP. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania:
028 _bPhone: +255 28 298 3384:
028 _b Fax: +255 28 298 3386:
028 _bEmail: vc@bugando.ac.tz :
028 _b www.bugando.ac.tz
035 _a CUHAS/MD/4000516/T/10
040 _bEnglish
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041 _aEnglish
041 _aKiswahili
100 _a Damas Makundi
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245 _aThe Risk Factors and Prevalence of Pneumonia Among Fives at Sekou Toure Regional Hospital
260 _aMwanza, Tanzania:
_bCatholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] :
_c©2015
300 _a31 Pages
300 _aIncludes References
520 _aAbstract: Childhood pneumonia is the single infectious cause of death in children worldwide. Pneumonia killed an estimated 935000 children under the age of five in 2013, accounting for 15% of all deaths of children under five years. Pneumonia affects children and families everywhere, but is most prevalent in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. These deaths occur almost exclusively in children with underlying conditions, such as chronic lung disease of prematurity, congenital heart disease, and immunosuppression. In Tanzania pediatric pneumonia is one of the major contributors towards under-fives mortality and is accounted for 21.2% of under five in 2006 [3]. At S/Toure hospital to 403 children’s admitted for tropical diseases, 17.9% percent were diagnosed to have pneumonia while 82.1% with other tropical illnesses. The mean years of children’s mostly diagnosed to have pneumonia ranges between 0-3 years but not so prevalent at 4-5 years children’s and substantial evidences revealed that the leading risks factors contributes to pneumonia to under-fives were poverty, under nutrition, delay seeking appropriate medical treatment, cultural beliefs and traditional medicines.
600 _xPediatrics and Child Health
700 _a Bahaki Msaki
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