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04/11/2011

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Term
Not seen a 50% reduction in child deaths
Definition
SS Africa, S Asia, Oceania
Term
Child mortality for: Developing, SS Africa, S Asia, Oceania
Definition
66, 129, 69, 59
Term
Half of global child deaths in these countries
Definition
India (21%), Nigeria (10%), DR Congo, Pakistan, China
Term
___% deaths in first month and ___% deaths in first year
Definition
40% and 70%
Term
Direct Household Survery v. Indirect Household Survey
Definition

Direct: ask about specific children and what happened

Indirect: ask how many children birthed and died; more basic but still a bit more detailed than a pure motality rate

Term
8 categories for causes of death to under 5 mortality and percentages:
Definition
Neonatal (41%), Pneumonia (14%), Diarrhea (14%), Malaria (8%), HIV/AIDS (3%), Injuries (2%), Measles (1%), Other causes (17%)
Term

LDC's do not have these systems __________

 

instead they have _________

Definition

advanced vital registration 

 

highly professional interview

Term
F- Diagram: 1 --> 4 --> 1 --> 1
Definition
Faeces to Fluids, Fields, Flies, Fingers to Food to Host
Term

Brazil reducing at __%

 

Turkey reducing at __%

Definition
5% and 7%
Term
1990- 2000 versus 2000-2010 divide percentages
Definition

90's bad decade with malaria resistance emerging, HIV emerging, etc.

 

1.2% decline in CMR versus 2.8% for second decade

Term
SS Africa as the same place? why not?
Definition
they face different problems with civil war, HIV prevalence, Malaria, etc
Term
Egypt and CMR
Definition
got the Aswan damn and began to rapidly improve with electricity and diarrhea avoidance and now competing with Sweden levels
Term
___% of reduced CMR attributed to __________  which has an impact _____ years later
Definition
almost 50%; female education; 15-20 years later or one full generation
Term
how many total child deaths?
Definition
8.8 million
Term
__% deaths due to malaria occur in _____ region
Definition
92%; African
Term
__% deaths due to HIV occur in _____ region
Definition
90%; african
Term
Malnutrition and children
Definition
2/3 child deaths related to undernutirion or compounded by it
Term
__% of deaths of HIV occur in these 5 countries:
Definition
51%; South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique (SA,N,T,U,M)
Term
Kwashiorkor vs Marasmus
Definition
edema from loss of certain protein; severe protein AND energy lack, skeletal
Term
_____ effects every child in world; causes death by _____ in countries like INDIA but not in those of US
Definition
Rotavirus- diarrhea
Term
Sudanese Issues: 3 of them
Definition
Little infrastructure;  no schooling for a generation due to war;  dying from water they are drinking but dont know it and also lack of water
Term
Sever Diarrhea vs Dysentery
Definition
over 2 weeks long; blood in the diarrhea
Term

Pathogens of Diarrhea:

list 2 bacteria and where they effect

list 2 viruses and where they effect

Definition

E. Coli-- rural areas/communities

Cholera-- intense outbreaks usually in disaster settings

 

Rotavirus-- clinical settings as well as most global situations (worse than e coli)

Norovirus-- accounts for 90% of large diarrhea outbreaks

Term
Diarrhea ______ has stayed the same while ______ has decreased
Definition
incidence; mortality
Term
2 Interventions for Diarrhea:
Definition
ORT/ORS;  Zinc supplements
Term
_ to _ diarrhea episodes per child globally
Definition
2- 3
Term

Distribution of deaths from Diarrhea:

neonatal period

second half to 1 year

 

____ areas more than ____

 

_____ region and _____ region worst

Definition

few in neonatal period

majority during this period once exclusive breastfeeding has ended 

 

rural more than urban

 

SS Africa and SE Asia most

Term
2 live rotavirus vaccines:
Definition

Rotarix and RotaTeq

* areas with high prevalence have less efficacy with these

Term
WHO recommends inclusion in national immunization programs when: 
Definition
diarrheal deaths >10% of under 5 deaths
Term
cost of rotavirus vaccines is ____ and saves ____ per life year saved
Definition
$9 and save $164
Term

Egypt: _____________ partnership with ______

 

Use ______ to distribute; reduced diarrheal deaths by _%

 

program in _____(year)

 

4 components: 

 

Outcome of ___% using ____

 

IMR decreased by __% and child mortality overall by __%

Definition

public-private; USAID

 

Mothers; 45%

 

1981

 

Product designed/branded; uninterrupted supply; private sectors to sell ORT; thousands health workers trained in use

 

60%; ORT

 

35%; 43%

Term

Madagascar:  ___/___ campaign; "Safe Water Saves Lives"

 

diluted _____ solution

 

characteristics: 3 aspects

Definition

CDC/PSI

 

chlorine

 

small/economical family size bottles; subsidized price so itd be bought; 60% through retail and 40% sold in schools/community

Term
WHO 7 point plan:
Definition

fluid replacement to prevent dehydration;

zinc treatment;

rotavirus and measles vaccines;

early/exclusive breastfeeding;

hand washing;

improved water supply;

community sanitation promotion

Term

Leading cause of death in children world wide:

 

___% in ____ and ____

Definition

Pneumonia

 

50% in S Asia and SS Africa

Term

Causes of Pneumonia--

 

_____, _ _ _, ______ (common in HIV patients)

Definition
streptococcus pneumonia, HIB, pneumocystis jiroveci
Term
Transmission of pneumonia:
Definition
airborne and through blood or shortly after birth
Term
Risk Factors: 2
Definition
immune compromised; environmental factors (pollution, etc)
Term

Immunizations for pneumonia: 4 exist

 

treatment: 

Definition

HIB, pneumococcus, measles, pertusis

 

antiobiotics: amoxicillin and hospitalization for over 2 weeks in severe cases

Term
what is the "Gold Standard" of testing?
Definition
randomized control trials
Term
Cost of pneumonia vaccines problems
Definition
adding just a few dollars to the amount makes it even more difficult for people and their governments to pay for these vaccines to be distributed; ex. gambia total for all vaccines is $37 but a HIB vaccine would add an entire $3 when the gov only can provide $6 per person
Term
WHO approach: 3 steps
Definition

1) recognize sick child

2) seek appropriate care

3) treat with antibiotics

Term
Problem with recognizing pneumonia:
Definition
few caregivers recognize key danger signs; 21% recognize difficulty breathing and 17% recognize fast breathing
Term
problem with seeking appropriate care:
Definition
only have of children with pneumonia taken to appropriate provider
Term

problem with treating pneumonia with antibiotics:

 

Ex. Uganda delayed care- explain

Definition

only about 19% received antibiotics they needed; urban/rural divide

 

however: egypy increased from 25% to 75%

 

ex. delayed care in Uganda: review of case histories found children often misdiagnosed with malaria and had a huge delay to seeking help

Term

IMCI Strategy for Pneumonia:

 

signs of severe pneumonia: 3

non severe: 1

Definition

fast breathing, chest wall indrawing, stridor

 

fast breathing

Term
CCM
Definition
Community Care Management (of diseases)
Term
CCM decreased overall mortality in children by 24% and penumonia specific mortality by __%
Definition
36%
Term
Problems with CCM: 3
Definition
trust of allowing CHW to use meds/vaccines; drug resistance developing; drug timing and dosage
Term
Marsh Et. All reading on CCM- explain the type of study
Definition
sent out surveys to MOH of countries in asia and africa mostly and also to NGOs working in these countries to have them evaluate whether countyr policies or programs existed for CCM
Term
Pneumonia treatment gap:
Definition
amount of diagnosed vs. number treated
Term
vitamin A delivery
Definition
delivered by unpaid, women workers; game them a status
Term
Pneumonia and HIV are related:
Definition
of african children with severe pneumonia, 60% have HIV; 7 times higher CFR for child with HIV; high treatment failure with severe infections
Term
PMTCT
Definition
prevent mother to child transmission
Term
HAART
Definition
Highly active anti-retroviral therapy
Term
Pneumonia and ____ supplements as well as ______
Definition
Zinc; some think it can help prevent; breastfeeding is also helpful for nutritional status
Term

Measles: spread

 

signs/symptoms: 4

 

complications: name 2

 

treatment?

Definition

airborne virus

 

fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, small white spots inside cheeks, rash erupts after several days

 

blindness, encephalitis (story of that girl on the horse), severe diarrhea, ear infections, resp. infections

 

no treatment- only vaccination

Term
Measles vaccine:
Definition
less than $1 a child; resulted in a 78% measles cause of death drop in 8 years; 95% show up today in developing countries
Term
WHO/UNICEF Measles strategy: 4 parts
Definition

1) child gets one dose vaccine at 9 mo

2) give child second opp. mass vacc campaign

3) effective surveillance

4) care for those and include vit A provision

Term
Tajikistan and measles
Definition
was better under the Soviets; instead now re-emerging diseases and new need to vaccinate; disposal of waste is also problematic
Term
Cold Chain-
Definition
quintessential to Measles; developing new ways to measure whether the cold chain has been broken before administering the dose; 
Term
Alternatives to syrringes for measles:
Definition
oral vaccine by a a vaporizor
Term
Eradication:
Definition
reduce to zero a disease
Term
Elimination:
Definition
reduce infection or disease to specific geo area but interventions required to avoid its re-establishment
Term
Control:
Definition
keep cases to a minimum
Term
Innovative Finance with _ _ _ _
Definition
GAVI; raise funds by selling bonds to capital markets and then taking raised funds to use for immunization campaigns; GAVI also promises they will purchase X-vaccine doses if an industry make if for a specific disease and at a specific price
Term
Interventions for drowning:
Definition
drowning-safe homes, community creches, environmental modification, water safety skills
Term
__% drownings in daylight, 1/3 child was alone and 2/3 of those that were accompanied were only those when with other child under 10
Definition
85
Term

Bangladesh Drowning study setup:

 

age group was biggest:

Definition

face to face interviews with respondents; ellicit deaths of children as well as causes of death and more detailed questions if the child was revealed to have drowned

 

ages 1-4 was most at risk

Term
3 major risks in Bangladesh for drowning:
Definition

Inadaquate supervision, lack of awarenes on risk/prevention, lack of first response skills

 

also- male involvement important

Term
IMCI: goal
Definition
train healthworkers to recognize signs of major childhood diseases; packaged specifically to the country and integrates many different programs to simplify the process of analysis
Term
Steps of IMCI: 6
Definition
Assess child (wholistic approach to find any disease problems); classify illness (3 color triage); ID treatment; Treat Child; Counsel the Mother (breastfeeding and when to return, etc.); Follow up
Term
IMCI 3 common problems:
Definition
health worker skills; health system issues (location, availability drugs, superviison); community and family practices
Term
IMCI Objective:" "
Definition
reduce significantly global morbidity and mortality associated with major causes of disease under 5; to contribute to the healthy growth and development of children
Term
IMCI v. Vertical programs
Definition
IMCI collaborates to create one booklet and an integrated training course as opposed to vertical programs where must learn about each disease individually
Term
3 pillars:
Definition
Health workers, family and community, community practices
Term
Golden Pediatric standard v. IMCI approach (4 steps)
Definition

golden standard has very elaborate and multiple steps

 

IMCI is 4 steps: focussed assessment, quick classification, treatment, counsel/followup

Term
Injury:
Definition
physical harm by an acute, thermal, or chemical force
Term
Unintentional injury v. intentional
Definition
no KNOWN intentional cause v. act of violence
Term
Biggest injury cause:
Definition
road traffic accidents and then drowning-- about 40% of all injuries
Term
31% of all child injury deaths are:
Definition
unintentional like suffocation, choking, animals, venum, thermias, and natural disasters
Term
Gender and injuries: 1 exception and general rule
Definition
with exception of burns which girls are most likely to be subjected to, boys are more likely than girls in every category to die from injury of any cause
Term
Why are roads dangerous?
Definition
shared place-- for labor, travel, and playing; also leading cause of disability
Term
Burns: two most at risk regions and why
Definition
Africa and SE Asia; highly associated with families cooking over open fires and smoke inhalation
Term
Falls: pyramid explained (5 levels starting with for every 1 death)
Definition
4 permanent dissabilities, 13 hospitalized over 10 days, 24 hopsitalized up to 9 days, and 690 missed work or school or sought treatment
Term
Poisoning: what ages? why? developing v. developed causes
Definition

ages under one year due to new exploration and then repeak after 15 with substance abuse

 

HIC: pharma, cleaning, pesticides, plants/bites

 

LIC: fuels, pharma, cleaning agents

Term
3 E's of injury prevention:
Definition
Education, environment, enforcement of legislation/regulations
Term
Discipline v. punishment
Definition
recognizing individual worth of child v. using power over child
Term
WHO definition of child maltreatment:
Definition

physical, emotional, sexual, neglectful, and commercial exploitation

 

actual or POTENTIAL harm to child in context of child-adult relationship

Term
Convention on the rights of the child:
Definition
signed by all countries except US and Somalia; 54 articles on the rights of the child; 
Term

Children receive Hollistic care diagram from IMCI

(4 sources influencing)

Definition

health facilties: support and essential resources

 

families/communities: appropriate home care/safe environ

 

MOH- diff. departments all work together

 

Healthcare providers: 1 training course and provice integrated care

Term
what age group highest risk for road accidents?
Definition
males, age 15-19
Term
drowning is worst in _____ region due to _____
Definition
LMIC in Western pacific region due to geography (rice, wet, etc)
Term
drowning highet in ages____
Definition
1-4 because age at which begin to explore and lack supervision that they may need
Term
6 factors that contribute to Africa's heaviest burden of Malaria:
Definition

anopheles gambia (most virulent mosquito)

 

P falciparum is most popular kind and most deadly

 

ITN coverage remains low (<20%)

 

drug resistance due to over-perscribed treatments

 

complex terrain, weak economies, inadequate health services

 

severe climate instabilities

 

HIB increased susceptibility

 

insecticide resistance

Term
5 consequences of malarial infection in children and pregnant women:
Definition

Anemia (malaria causes hemolysis although not really sure how it causes anemia)

 

Malarial kidney damage

 

enlarged spleen

 

lost work due to sickness

 

Intrauterine growth retardation

 

maternal anemia

 

placental parasitemia

 

preterm birth

 

low birth weight

Term
Integrated management- what is it? talk also about HIV/AIDS and malaria
Definition

cooperation between initiatives under the common banner of maternal health (even though both may be addressing different sub-problems)

 

lowering the rate of malaria will also decrease the amount of Deaths from HIV because malaria will not be around to compound AIDS

Term
what are ACT's:
Definition
atemisinin based combination therapy: combination of artemisinin based or conjugate which is associated with rapidly killing the malaria parasite and another slower-acting drug that kills malaria by an entirely different means; both drugs must be independently capable
Term
ACT's advantages:
Definition
rapid substantial reduction of parasite load and symptoms; effective against p falciparum (even MDR); may reduce transmission to others; shortened duration of 3 day treatment
Term
ACT's disadvantages:
Definition
affordibility, proliferation, MDR developing, oversight
Term

Challenges of community delivery of malaria treatment:

 

7 causes (list at least a few)

Definition

limitation of outreach capacity (esp. nomads)

 

inability efficiently use resources

 

full community acceptance is hard

 

lack of understanding of problem

 

potential ineffectiveness of curative drug/dose

 

side-effects

Term
HMM:
Definition
Home Management of Malaria; supported by WHO; educating many people about symptoms and then how to treat with appropriate drugs
Term
HMM 4 components:
Definition

ensure access to drugs at community level

 

ensure community drug provider has necc. skills/education

 

effective communication strategy 

 

good mechanism of supervision/monitoring with state

Term
6 factors contributing to worsening malaria:
Definition

global warming

 

civil disturbances and unrest

 

drug-resistance evolving

 

changes and increase of traveling

 

HIV increased susceptibility

 

insecticide resistance to DDT

Term
Roll Back Malaria:
Definition
partnership between WHO and many different agences/agents; reduce morb. and mort. by 1/2 by 2010; organized effort not a new method
Term
Roll Back Malaria strategy:
Definition
integration essentially:  early diagnosis, treatment, preventive measures, prevent epidemics, focused research
Term
why malaria plans have failed in past:
Definition
political will, integration, community participation, resource mobilization
Term
Organization working to address problems of malaria in children/mothers
Definition
CORE group-- general collaborative action with many member organizations; share and creat knowledge, cross-cutting comm. health program strategies, catalyzes and supports global health intiatives at country level, advocates
Term
____ peaked while ____ is on the rise for HIV
Definition
prevalence peaked; incidence rising
Term
_____ has most infections at 18.3% of adults
Definition
South Africa
Term
almost ___% of women infected with HIV are in Africa
Definition
70%
Term
7 factors increasing risk of HIV:
Definition
biological, social, political, economical, cultural, access to health services, reproductive health services
Term
young women at greater risk biologically because:
Definition
immature cervix, less vaginal secretions
Term
economic effects on women more likely for HIV:
Definition
poverty and food insecutiry; transactional sex or older partner for economic support
Term
PMTCT
Definition
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
Term

PMTCT: feeding problems

 

WHO recommendation:

Definition

total avoidance of breastfeeding with effective formula and lots of careful planning is generally not feasible; exclusive breast feeding recommended where replacement feeding not an option; 

 

AZT and single dose of dNVP to prevent transmission from mother to child

Term
Population group with largest infected persons HIV:
Definition
15-25
Term
WHy is it good to target HIV interventions at adolescents?
Definition

not established rooted behavioral patterns; interventions can be tailored to their characteristics

 

most have not been succesful

Term
HIV- ABC method:
Definition
abstinence, be faithful, condom use
Term
3 modes of mother to child transmission:
Definition
during pregnancy, delivery, post-natally from breast feeding
Term
children v. child HIV/AIDS
Definition
adult clinical features present about 9-10 years later; in children many will die before 5th birthday- more rapid
Term
2 reasons women dont seek HIV care
Definition
fatalism and non-caring attitudes
Term
VCT:
Definition
voluntary counseling and testing (for HIV/AIDS); often inadequately supplied
Term
interventions for HIV proven to work: 2
Definition
condoms, promotion of safe sexual behaviors
Term
interventions potential to work: 4
Definition
male circumcision, combination ARV's, preexposure prophylaxis, HIV vaccines
Term
ART
Definition
Anti-retroviral therapy
Term
recs regarding PMTCT of HIV using ART
Definition

WHO: earlier initiation of ART for adults and adolescents; phase out current drug and replace with AZT or TDF (less toxic and as effective)

 

provide ARVs to HIV positive women in 3rd trimester

Term
Reccs regarding Breastfeeding and PMTCT
Definition
WHO- 2009; HIV positive mothers take ARVs while breastfeeding should continue until infant is 12 months as long as mother or child is taking ARVs during this period
Term
Impact of HIV on children: name 6-7 effects
Definition
loss of family/identity;   depression;   reduced well being;   increased malnutrition;   starvation;   failure to be immunized;   decreased healthcare access;   loss of schooling;   loss of inheritence;   forced migration;   homelessness;  vagrancy/crime;   street living;   exposure to HIV infection
Term
Factors that increase TB: 4
Definition
over crowding, lots of immigration, decreased surveillance, MDR emergence
Term
__-__% were in developing countries (TB)
Definition
15-40%
Term
Limitations of existing data:
Definition
global burden is unclear due to limited data; few studies in children and data limited by reporting delays
Term
___% TB meningitis reported in SS Africa
Definition
56% (most lethal form)
Term
TB global trends:
Definition

industrialized seen a declin

 

developing seen an increasing rate of publishing

Term
TB interventions in Peru, Russia, Latvia:
Definition
DOTS program and BCG vaccine parallels these falling rates
Term
TB increase transmission risk factors: 4
Definition

number of cases, duration of infection

delayed treatment/diagnosis

exposure

crowding

Term
TB causes of increased susceptibility:
Definition
age 5-14 (immature immune system); malnutrition; immunocompromised (HIV); age; genetics; substance abuse; immunization; poverty
Term
TB Infection vs. TB Disease
Definition

Infection= latent= bacteria spreads to lung, positive blood test but no disease, not infectious, lifetime risk of developing disease is higher

 

disease= active= clinical manifestation/chest radiograph; TB implies disease not infection generally

Term
Transmission of TB:
Definition
must spread to bronchial tree to be trasmitted through air; transmitted through blood in children;  Pulmonary TB can be smear pos/neg; those with extra-pulmonary TB rarely infectious
Term
clinical presentation of TB:
Definition
develops within 12 mo of exposure; reactivated by dormant mechanisms; children often have minimal symptoms
Term

TB diagnosis:

developed vs. developing

Definition

D-ed: skin test, chest radiograph, history, culture GI, sputum

 

D-ing: symptoms, history, diagnosis often confused with asthma or pneumonia

 

 

Term
TB Skin Test:
Definition

TST: exposure if it is positive

 

lots of false positives, BCG can cause a false positive

Term
TB golden standard for diagnosis:
Definition

bacterial diagnosis; in resource poor areas sputum is tested and then those people are targeted for DOTS;

 

even when sputum tested, only 10-15% children test positively

Term
MODS assay:
Definition
microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay
Term

MODS benefits:

 

country ex.

Definition

new possible cheap technique for detections of m TB;

 

ex in Peru: more sensitive and rapid than traditional sputum test

Term
Contact Tracing with TB:
Definition
most efficient way of finding children newly infected; even if they have no physical signs
Term
HIV and TB coinfection:
Definition
TB rates increased twice as fast in countries with high HIV; HIV can complicate diagnostic tests (interferes with chest xrays)
Term
BCG vaccine: problems 3
Definition

increase in vaccination but still increase in TB rates

 

BCG is not effective and plays narrow role in prevention

 

great variation in BCG efficacy depending on region

Term
treatment for TB:
Definition
2 mo, intensive, 3-4 drugs; curable if drugs followed; DOTS encouraged by WHO to ensure treatment
Term
Pregnancy and TB:
Definition
pregnancy does NOT increase risk of TB
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