Table 2. Young infants 7–59 days of age with only fast breathing pneumonia identified at health posts and health centres (n = 313).
Parameters | N (%) |
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Identified and treated on outpatient basis at either health posts or health centres | 313 (100) |
Identified at health posts by health extension workers | 182 (58) |
Identified at health centres by nurses | 131 (42) |
Completed treatment | 310 (99) |
Compliance to treatment | |
Received all 14 doses of amoxicillin | 308 (98) |
Received 10–13 doses of amoxicillin | 2 (0.6) |
Received 6–9 doses of amoxicillin | 1 (0.3) |
Missing data | 2 (0.6) |
Follow-up of infants | |
Completed all follow-up visits | 308 (98) |
Partially followed-up (all follow-up visits not completed) | 2 (0.6) |
Lost to follow-up (outcome unknown) | 2 (0.6) |
Treatment outcomes* | |
Declared as ‘clinical treatment success’ | 310 (99) |
Declared as ‘clinical treatment failure’–developed signs of severe illness | 1 (0.3) |
Infants 7–59 days with fast breathing only with outcome unknown | 2 (0.6) |
*No death was documented.