Titre : | WHO Recommendations on the Management of Diarrhoea and Pneumonia in HIV Infected Infants and Children. |
Auteurs : | World Health Organization (WHO) (Geneva, CHE) |
Type de document : | Ouvrage |
Editeur : | Geneva [CHE] : World Health Organization - WHO, 2010 |
ISBN : | 978-941-54808-3 |
Description : | réf. bibl. / 60p, pdf, tabl., fig. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Enfant ; Sida ; VIH ; Pneumonie ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie] ; Diarrhée ; Intestin [pathologie] ; Lutte contre maladie diarrhéique ; Lutte ; Prévention santé ; Assistance sanitaire & technique ; Recommandation ; Traitement ; Etiologie |
Résumé : | The main causes of death among children under 5 years of age are acute respiratory infection (17%) and diarrhoeal disease (16%), and children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have greater morbidity and mortality related to these conditions (WHO, 2008). An estimated 2.1 million children in the world are living with HIV, 90% of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. The incidence of infection remains high, with 430 000 new HIV infections in children annually. Almost one third of untreated infected infants will die in the first year of life, and up to 50% by 2 years of age. The World Health Organization (WHO) departments of Child and Adolescent Health and of HIV/AIDS reviewed the evidence on management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected children, because of the substantial effects of these conditions on morbidity and mortality, potential differences in etiological agents (and thus in recommended empirical regimens) from those for uninfected infants and children, potential changes in the susceptibility of pathogens to co-trimoxazole prophylaxis in these children, and the lack of specific recommendations for this high-risk group. These guidelines are part of a comprehensive set of normative documents being prepared by WHO for the prevention and treatment of common conditions affecting HIV-infected and -exposed infants and children. The group's recommendations for managing pneumonia and diarrhoea in HIV-infected infants and children are, in most cases, the same as those for management in uninfected children. Most studies providing evidence for recommendations were, however, conducted before widespread use of co-trimoxazole or ART. |
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