Selective Primary Health Care: Strategies for Control of Disease in the Developing World. XXI. Acute Respiratory Infections

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 674-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Berman ◽  
K. McIntosh
1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
T. A. Khoja ◽  
K. K. Al Mohammad ◽  
K. M. Aziz

Baseline data on acute respiratory infections [ARI] were collected by a survey questionnaire distributed to physicians of 10% of the health centres randomly selected from each of the five provinces of Saudi Arabia. The physicians estimated that ARI was the cause of sickness in 50% of ill children < 5 years in 1995. None of the physicians had had any training in ARI and they were not aware of any national protocol or programme. Physicians’ responses indicated an over-use of antibiotics and diagnostic procedures. A national protocol for diagnosis and treatment of ARI has been prepared and distributed and leaders of primary health care and 55 national trainers have been trained


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