Setting the scene for an ARI control programme: is it worthwhile in Saudi Arabia?
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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
2018 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 149
2018 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 149
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2020 ◽
Vol 18
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pp. 37-42
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2006 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 405-418
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Vol 17
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pp. 221-227
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Vol 7
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pp. 674-691
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Vol 13
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pp. 323-331
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