Table 1.
Protect prevent and treat interventions considered for primary outcome indictors
| Protect by children establishing good health practices from birth | Prevent children becoming ill from malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea | Treat children who are ill with malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea with appropriate treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acute respiratory infection | 1. Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months | 1. Vaccines: measles, Hib. PCV | 1. Improved care seeking and referral |
| 2. Adequate complementary feeding | 2. Use of LLINs | 2. Timely appropriate case management at health facility and community level | |
| 3. Vitamin A supplementation | 3. Hand washing with soap | 3. Availability of key supplies: ACTs, RDTs, ORS, zinc, antibiotics | |
| Diarrhea | 4. Safe drinking water | 4. Continued feeding (including breastfeeding) | |
| 5. Improved sanitation | |||
| 6. (Reduced household pollution) | |||
| 7. HIV prevention | |||
| Malaria/Fever | 8. (Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV- infected exposed children as HIV prevention) | ||
| 9. Intermittent presumptive treatment |
ACT HiB Haemophilus influenzae type b, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, LLIN long-lasting insecticidal nets, ORS oral rehydration solution, PCV pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, RDTs rapid diagnostic tests