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SAANS Campaign
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- The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister launched 'Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS)' campaign.
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- Aim of SAANS Campaign:
(1) Reducing child mortality due to pneumonia, which contributes to around 15% of deaths annually of children under the age of five.
(2) To mobilise people to protect children from pneumonia.
(3)To train health personnel and other stakeholders to provide prioritised treatment to control the disease.
(4) A mass awareness campaign will be launched about the effective solutions for pneumonia prevention like breast feeding, age appropriate complementary feeding, immunisation, good quality air etc.
- Under the SAANS campaign:
(1) A child suffering from pneumonia can be treated with pre-referral dose of anti-biotic amoxicillin by ASHA workers.
(2) Health and wellness centres can use pulse oximeter (device to monitor oxygen saturation) to identify low oxygen levels in the blood of a child, and if required, treat him by use of oxygen cylinders.
- Target:
(1) The government aims to achieve a target of reducing pneumonia deaths among children to less than three per 1000 live births by 2025.
- Deaths due to Pneumonia:
(1) Madhya Pradesh tops the states in the number of child deaths due to pneumonia followed by Gujarat.
Source
The Hindu.