title: No family left behind: the example of community-based pneumonia care in Haiti.
abstract: The Haitian Health Foundation (HHF) in Jeremie, Haiti conducted an intervention combating childhood bacterial pneumonia. HHF treated 60,000 episodes of respiratory illness in 15 years. The same care model is used for vaccinations, exclusive breastfeeding, diarrheal disease, congenital syphilis, and newborn care.
authors.affiliation: Haitian Health Foundation, School of Nursing at University of Connecticut, USA. lewisj@nso.uchc.edu
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Bette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gebrian
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D046688:Child Mortality / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005190:Family; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012042:Registries; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*