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• Published Subscription 31 Mar 2018

  Perceptions of Health Care Providers and the Community on the Management of Possible Serious Bacterial Infection (PSBI) in Young Infants where Referral is not Possible: A Qualitative Study

  By Abadi Luel, Alemayehu Byaray, Afework Mulugeta, Tadelle Hailu, Hagos Godefay

  Abstract: Introduction: Every year, about 2.8 million children die in the first month of life, with 98% of these deaths occurring in developing countries. The current World Health Organization recommendation for management of infections in neonates and young infants (0–59 days old) is referral for hospital treatment with a 7 to 10 day course of a combination of two injectable antibiotics – Penicillin or Ampicillin plus Gentamicin. However, existing evidence demonstrates …

  Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 23–27 Read article →