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. 2008 May;86(5):381–389. doi: 10.2471/BLT.07.048462

Table 4. Priority countries by CCM of pneumonia policy and implementation profiles, under-five mortality rate, pneumonia burden and reported scale.

Country < 5 mortality
Pneumonia burden
Reported scale
Rate (per 1000 live births)23 Deaths/ yeara (1000s)23 Cases/ yeara (1000s)24 Care-seeking (%)23 Treatment gap: untreated cases/year (1000s) Death/ 
year (1000s)20
Permissive policy and CCM of pneumonia implemented
Afghanistan 257 327 1 980 28 1 425 89 259/398 (65%) districts
Bangladesh 69 277 6 439 30 4 507 51 ~1% of total population
Benin 148 53 358 35 233 11 2/77 (3%) communes
China 24 415 21 159 unknown unknown 72 unknown
Congo (Democratic Republic of) 205 620 3 854 36 2 466 132 28/515 (5%) districts
India 76 2 067 42 952 69 13 315 410 CHW in 25/700 (4%) districts
Indonesia 34 151 6 023 61 2 349 25 unknown
Mali 217 126 837 36 536 34 pilot in 1/59 (2%) districts
Niger 253 173 1 002 27 732 48 350/10 000 (3.5%) villages
Pakistan 97 423 9 824 66 3 340 92 ~60% total population
Sierra Leone 270 71 380 48 198 18 pilot in 1/13 (8%) districts
Sudan 89 109 2 014 57 866 16 6/15 (40%) northern states
Uganda 134 188 1 200 67 396 41 9/81 (11%) districts
Zambia 182 86 513 69 159 19 ~2% of total population
Subtotal 5 086 98 535 30 522 1 058

No permissive policy but CCM of pneumonia implemented
Ethiopia 123 389 3 951 19 3 200 114 2/587 (0.3%) districts
Subtotal 389 3 951 3 200 114

Permissive policy but CCM of pneumonia not implemented
Central African Republic 175 27 223 32 152 5 0
Chad 209 101 601 12 529 21 0
Côte d’Ivoire 127 87 868 35 564 25 0
Equatorial Guinea 206 4 24 unknown unknown 1 0
Mozambique 138 118 1 106 55 498 25 0
Nigeria 191 1 129 6 170 33 4 134 211 0
Rwanda 160 67 305 28 219 17 0
Subtotal 1 533 9 296 6 095 305

No permissive policy and CCM of pneumonia not implemented
Angola 260 206 1 050 58 441 48 0
Burkina Faso 204 131 994 39 606 27 0
Burundi 181 69 380 38 236 14 0
Cameroon 149 97 865 35 562 18 0
Congo 126 17 203 48 105 3 0
Djibouti 130 3 20 62 7 1 0
Guinea 161 60 490 42 284 12 0
Guinea-Bissau 200 16 73 57 32 4 0
Kenya 121 175 1 576 49 804 32 0
Swaziland 164 5 45 60 18 1 0
United Republic of Tanzania 118 188 1 889 59 774 37 0
Subtotal 967 7 584 3 870 197

No information about CCM of pneumonia
Liberia 235 43 157 70 47 9
Somalia 145 54 655 13 570 19
Subtotal 97 812 617 28

Grand total 8 072 120 178 43 455 1 702

CCM, community case management; CHW, community health worker.
a Numbers rounded to nearest thousand.