PMID- 25023770
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141201
LR  - 20140715
IS  - 1020-3397 (Print)
IS  - 1020-3397 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 7
DP  - 2014 Jul 8
TI  - Childhood very severe pneumonia and meningitis-related hospitalization and death 
      in Yemen, before and after introduction of H. influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine.
PG  - 431-41
AB  - Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine was included in the Yemen 
      immunization programme in 2005. This study compared the rates of very severe 
      pneumonia and all-cause meningitis hospitalization and death, before and after 
      introduction of conjugate Hib vaccine, and reports the results of the 2010 
      bacterial meningitis surveillance. A retrospective analysis was made of data 
      collected for 2000-2010 for all children aged 2-60 months in the main children's 
      hospital in Sana'a. Compared with the pre-Hib vaccination period, the post-Hib 
      period showed significant and impressive reductions in the rates of 
      hospitalization and death for all-cause meningitis. However, hospitalization and 
      death for very severe pneumonia improved only modestly, and there was evidence of 
      a decreasing but non-significant trend indicting that very severe pneumonia was a 
      non-specific endpoint with multi-etiologies (both viral and bacterial). Very 
      severe pneumonia remains the leading cause of severe morbidity and death for 
      young children, particularly those aged < 12 months.
FAU - Banajeh, S M
AU  - Banajeh SM
AD  - Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sana'a, Sana'a, Yemen.
FAU - Ashoor, O
AU  - Ashoor O
AD  - Department of Paediatrics, Al-Sabeen Hospital for Women and Children, Sana'a, 
      Yemen.
FAU - Al-Magramy, A S
AU  - Al-Magramy AS
AD  - Department of Paediatrics, Al-Sabeen Hospital for Women and Children, Sana'a, 
      Yemen.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Observational Study
DEP - 20140708
PL  - Egypt
TA  - East Mediterr Health J
JT  - Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee 
      orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
JID - 9608387
RN  - 0 (Haemophilus Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Haemophilus Infections/*epidemiology/mortality/prevention & control
MH  - Haemophilus Vaccines/*administration & dosage
MH  - Haemophilus influenzae type b/*immunology
MH  - Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunization Programs
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Meningitis, Haemophilus/*epidemiology/mortality/prevention & control
MH  - Pneumonia, Bacterial/*epidemiology/microbiology/mortality/prevention & control
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Yemen/epidemiology
EDAT- 2014/07/16 06:00
MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2014/07/16 06:00
PHST- 2013/06/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/01/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PST - epublish
SO  - East Mediterr Health J. 2014 Jul 8;20(7):431-41.