Table 1.
Country implementation of pneumonia diagnosis and treatment at community level.
| Characteristics | Cambodia | Ethiopia | South Sudan | Uganda |
| Pneumonia deaths (% of total under-5 deaths) [17] | 17 | 17 | 21 | 16 |
| Pneumonia incidence in children under 5 years (number of episodes per child per year) [18] | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.32a | 0.27 |
| Proportion of children aged under 5 years with suspected pneumonia and receiving antibiotics (%) [19] | 39 | 7 | 33 | 47 |
| Name for community health worker (CHW) | Extended village malaria worker | Health extension worker | Community drug distributor | Village health team member |
| Length of initial training | 5 days (2 days malaria training + 3 days in sick child case management) | 1 year | 6 days | 11 days (5 days basic training + 6 days in sick child case management) |
| Literacy level | Low | High | Extremely low | Low-median |
| Pneumonia diagnosis tool | Acute respiratory infection (ARI) timer | Wrist watch or ARI timer | ARI timer + beads | ARI timer |
| Catchment population per CHW | 130-150 households | 400-500 households | 250-300 households | 250-500 households |
| Average caseload per month | 8 | 12 | 9 | 12 |
aData are for Sudan.