I et forsøg på at øge det i forvejen lave niveau af viden omkring lungebetændelse i Den centralafrikanske Republic (CAR), hvor sygdommen er den største dræber af børn under fem år, søsættes nu en stor mediekampagne
BANGUI, 12. november, 2012 (IRIN): In a bid to increase the low level of awareness of pneumonia in the Central African Republic (CAR), where the disease is the biggest killer of children under five, a wide-ranging media campaign has been launched.
Launched on World Pneumonia Day by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) the campaign, run in conjunction with the Network of Journalists for Human Rights in CAR, will focus on the disease’s symptoms, how it is spread and can be treated, as well as on the need for behaviour change.
It will also be highlighting the vaccine against pneumonia which is part of the Expanded Programme on Immunization in CAR.
According to UNICEF, 30 percent of deaths among children under five are connected to pneumonia, and the aim, in line with the relevant Millennium Development Goal, is to reduce this by 2015.
Pneumonia is an infectious disease of the lungs caused by bacteria or viruses, and it is difficult for parents and even some health workers to identify because of its resemblance to other pulmonary infections.
Communications director of the Health Ministry Modeste Hoza, told IRIN the disease was “more dangerous than malaria or other diseases such as whooping cough.
“One of the difficulties is that the description of the disease is too medical [technical]. The approach to diagnosis is also too medical, which makes it difficult for parents to detect if their children have pneumonia.”
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