Pneumonia

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Aiming to achieve unprecedented levels of collaboration to improve the quality, availability, and affordability of pneumonia prevention, diagnostic and treatment innovations for children

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EVENTS

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Pneumonia Careseeking Scorecard 2019
What proportion of children with symptoms of pneumonia are taken to an appropriate healthcare provid...
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American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting
2019 Annual MeetingASTMH 68th Annual MeetingNovember 20-24, 2019 (Wednesday through Sunday)Gaylord National Resort and Convention CenterNational Harbor, Maryland USA (adjacent to Washington, DC) View ...
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WSPID 2019
NAPOLEON GONZALEZ WORLD LECTURELESSONS LEARNED FROM AFRICA – Elizabeth Molyneux (Malawi/UK)SPECIAL LECTUREELIMINATION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SUCCESS IN THAILAND –...
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2019 Global Digital Health Forum
We're looking forward to welcoming everyone back to an expanded event both in terms of duration and attendees. We are expecting over 600 people to attend this year's 3 day event Abstracts are due July...
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2020 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society
The 2020 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society will be held May 15-20, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the ATS is seeking input for sessions in all areas of respiratory, cri...
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BLOGS

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01 October 2019
Maternal Interventions Vigilance may speed progress against the Sustainable Development Goals’ maternal, neonatal, and child health targets
Blogs
Above photo provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Maternal Interventions Vigilance may speed progress against the Sustainable Development Goals’ maternal, neonatal, and child health targets By Ajoke Sobanjo-ter Meulen Over the past thr...
03 September 2019
The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Project (GPS)
Blogs
Above photo provided by The Rockefeller University "Streptococcal bacteria showing their polysaccharide capsule". The Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Project (GPS) By: Stephanie Lo, PhDStreptococcus pneumoniae (or the pneumococcus) has been known for ...
29 July 2019
Sick or Not Sick? Risk Stratification in Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in High Resource Setting
Blogs
Above, photo provided by Dr. Todd A. Florin. Right middle lobe pneumonia in an adolescent requiring hospitalization. The question of disposition to home or hospital has been called the “most important management decision” in children with pneumonia i...
30 June 2019
A new approach to pediatric pneumonia – Butterfly iQ used to train mid-level providers in point of care ultrasound in rural Uganda
Blogs
Above, photo provided by Bridge to Health. Michelle helping our local Ugandan coordinator, Nangoli Andrew, to scan In the winter of 2014, Bridge to Health, working with our Ugandan partners, realized the power of portable ultrasound. We discovered it...

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01 October 2019
OCTOBER 2019 MEMBER NEWSLETTER
Newsletters
Above photo, Photo by Ellery Lamm / Save the Children. A mother watches over her 5-month-old baby, Shahida, who has pneumonia in a hospital in Barisal district. Save the Children is helping to train healthcare providers to diagnose and treat pneumonia at the community level.  A COMMENT FROM THE COORDINATOR  This month, we will hear from PIN Member Ajoke Sobanjo-ter Meule as she describes the impact that maternal vaccination could have in reducing newborn deaths. We will also hear how parents and...

WEBINARS

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Childhood Pneumonia in Humanitarian Settings
Childhood Pneumonia in Humanitarian Settings
Above photo, by Charles Atiki Lomodong / Save the Children. Agnes* holds baby John* in the Save the Children stabilisation centre in Kapoeta, South Sudan. Talks by:  Thomas Kesteman, Foundation Merieux “Results of the Pneumonias' Etiology Among Refug...
Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosing and Managing Pneumonia in High Resource Settings
Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosing and Managing Pneumonia in High Resource Settings
Above, photo by Nina Raingold/Save the Children. Teressa, aged 8 months, at Lodwar County Hospital, Turkana region, Kenya. Teressa was admitted to hospital with pneumonia.  Talks by:Todd Florin, MD, MSCE, Associate Professor, Director of Research, Di...
PCV and PCV schedules
PCV and PCV schedules
Above: Photo by Gabe Bienczycki, PATH  Talks by:Gail Rodgers, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: PCV and PCV schedulesBill Hausdorff, PATH: PCV Vaccines: Why so many doses in the first place? View of a vaccine developerGrant Mackenzie, Murdoch Chil...

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