Table 1.
Description of sites in multicenter case–control study of pneumonia etiology in children
| Study site characteristics | Country characteristics | Introduction into national immunization program a | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Country | Town | Related research center | Population type | Climate | Country population, millions (year) a | Population living in poverty, % (year) a | Child mortality rate (‰) b | Annual pneumonia cases c | Deaths caused by pneumonia annually c | PCV d | Hib evaccine |
| General Bonsucesso Hospital | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Fundaçao Oswaldo Cruz | Urban | Rain/Dry | 199 (2009) | 6.1 (2009) | 16 | 1,497,706 | 3,079 | 2010 | 1999 |
| National Pediatric Hospital | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Phnom Pehn Faculty of Pharmacy and University of Health Sciences | Urban | Rain/Dry | 14.9 (2012) | 18.6 (2009) | 43 | 373,583 | 2,101 | Not introduced | 2010 |
| Beijing Children’s Hospital | China | Beijing | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences | Urban | Four seasons | 1,351 (2012) | 11.8 (2009) | 15 | 6,488,544 | 43,089 | Not introduced | Not introduced |
| Tent City Hospitalf | Haïti | Port au Prince | GHESKIO Centers | Urban/rural | Rain/Dry | 10.2 (2012) | 61.7 (2001) | 70 | 345,081 | 4,090 | Not introduced | 2012 |
| KEM Hospital Research Center Shirdi Sai Baba Rural Hospital | India | Pune/Vadu | KEM Hospital Research Center Sai Baba Rural Hospital | Urban/rural | Three seasons | 1,236.7 (2012) | 32.7 (2010) | 61 | 35,361,230 | 388,144 | Not introduced | 2011 |
| Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University Hospital | India | Lucknow | Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University | Urban/rural | Rain/Dry | 1,236.7 (2012) | 32.7 (2010) | 61 | 35,361,230 | 388,144 | Not introduced | 2011 |
| Hôpital Femme-Mere-Enfant | Madagascar | Antananarivo | Centre Charles Mérieux | Urban | Rain/Dry | 22.3 (2012) | 81.3 (2010) | 62 | 1,051,407 | 2,638 | 2011 | 2008 |
| Gabriel Toure Hospital | Mali | Bamako | Centre Charles Mérieux | Urban/rural | Rain/Dry | 14.9 (2012) | 50.4 (2010) | 176 | 932,894 | 7,893 | 2008 | 2011 |
| Bayanzurkh District General Hospital | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences | Urban | Four seasons | 2.8 (2012) | 27.4 (2012) | 31 | 60,292 | 332 | Not introduced | 2008 |
| Pediatric General Hospital, Niños de Acosta Ñu | Paraguay | San Lorenzo | Research Institute of Health | Urban/rural | Rain/Dry | 6.7 (2009) | 7.2 (2012) | 22 | 139,661 | 368 | 2012 | 2002 |
aInternational Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS) Global Vaccine Introduction Report, October 2013. www.jhsph.edu/ivac/vims.html.
bWorld Bank Group: http://povertydata.worldbank.org.
cData from Rudan I, O’Brien KL, Nair H, et al. Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia in 2010: estimates of incidence, severe morbidity, mortality, underlying risk factors and causative pathogens for 192 countries. J Glob Health 2013;3:010401.
dPneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
e Haemophilus influenzae type B.
fThe hospital is settled in a tent city community.