Abstract
The feasibility of introducing a case management programme for acute respiratory infections among low-birth-weight infants at the primary health care level was investigated in 37 villages in the Indian state of Haryana. Twenty-one of the villages served as the intervention area, while the remaining 16 formed the control area. All low-birth-weight infants born in the two areas between January 1982 and September 1983 (199 in the intervention area and 211 in the control area) were included in the study. Primary health care workers were contacted in 38% of episodes of acute respiratory infections in the intervention area, in contrast to only 1% of episodes in the control area. Also, the mean duration of infections in the intervention area was significantly lower (P<0.01), while the case fatality was about 33% of that in the control area. The results indicate that the programme can be successfully incorporated into existing primary health care infrastructures.
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