Grassroots people get pneumonia prevention knowledge

Many of the grassroots people have got ideas and knowledge about signs and symptoms of pneumonia along with its preventive measures in Rajshahi region.

Motivational campaigns, including rally and discussion, were arranged in the rural level health facilities simultaneously to alert the villagers to protect their babies from fatal consequences of pneumonia.

Raising awareness about pneumonia and highlights its causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment were the salient features of the campaign.

Dr Golam Rabbani, Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer of Bagmara, told BSS that fatalities caused by pneumonia can be reduced to a greater extent through generating awareness among the public in general.

He mentioned that fever, cough, chills, dust breathing, breathing with grunting or wheezing sounds, working hard to breathe, vomiting and chest pain are the main signs and symptoms of the disease.

Dr Rabbani opined that pneumonia kills more children than any other infectious disease but almost all of these deaths are preventable.

However, the children can be protected from pneumonia, it can be prevented with simple interventions and it can be treated with low-cost, low-tech medication and care.

On behalf of its ‘Public Health Improvement Initiatives Rajshahi (PHIIR) project, DASCOH Foundation had arranged motivational campaigns to mark the World Pneumonia Day 2022 on November 12 last supported by the Swiss Red Cross.