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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The Missing Piece: Why continued neglect of pneumonia threatens the achievement of health goals
Released by JustActions, 12 November 2018. "Despite progress in reducing child pneumonia deaths, man...
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APPLY NOW: $5 Million in Grant Funding for Digital Health Solutions
[Originally published and appeared first on ICTworks] The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in developing countries. They work with partner...
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29th International Pediatric Association Congress Partnerships for Children Event
29th International Pediatric Association CongressThe IPA 2019 Congress will be held March 17 – 21, 2019 in beautiful Panama City, Panama in the year of this vibrant city’s Quincentennial Celebration! ...
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American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2019 Conference, May 17 - 22, 2019
The ATS International Conference is the home of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep professionals, from those in the earliest stages of their careers to those whose research or strides in clinical car...
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ASM Microbe 2019 Meeting: June 20 - 24, San Francisco, CA
The American Society for Microbiology is hosting a meeting, ASM Microbe, from June 20 - 24 in San Francisco, CA (USA).  At ASM Microbe you will:Delve into your scientific interests and specialties wit...
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BLOGS

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01 March 2019
Roald Dahl’s Heartbreaking Letter to Anti-Vaxxers
Blogs
Photo by PA/ Getty ImagesBy Kashmira Gander, published on 30 January 2019. Featured in Newsweek, 01 March 2019.  A 1986 essay written by the late Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Roald Dahl about his daughter dying of measles has been shared ...
01 March 2019
What do the people we are designing for have to say?
Blogs
Above, MamaOpe team in a focus group discussion with caregivers, village health team members, and opinion leaders. by Olivia Koburongo, inventor and co-founder of MamaOpe Medicals Limited  “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work ba...
01 February 2019
Imagination is more important than knowledge
Blogs
Above, photo by Peter Casamento: FREO2 Uganda team in Mbarara. From (L) to (R) Frank Kiwanuka, Sandrah, Ivan Muhumuza, Sheillah Mutetire Bagayana and Patrick Semata. by Roger Rassool, physicist at the University of Melbourne and co-founder of the FRE...
02 January 2019
If we want a more equitable world, we need to tackle Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Blogs
Above: Neha Thakur, 25, poses with her 7 month old baby, Vanita. ©Gates Archive/Mansi MidhaBy Keith Klugman, Director, Pneumonia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Many of us who work in global health were drawn to the field by a desire to create a...

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01 March 2019
March 2019 Member Newsletter
Newsletters
Above, photo by Ellery Lamm, Save the Children: Moriam, 15 months sits with her mom, Dali, and sister Bristi, 5, in their home in Barisal district. Moriam had and survived pneumonia.  A COMMENT FROM THE COORDINATORWith some new and exciting partnerships to report, collaboration is the theme for March 2019. This month’s newsletter features announcements of two new partnerships: the Pneumonia Innovations Network is partnering with the American Thoracic Society to raise pneumonia awareness, and Ear...

WEBINARS

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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and child pneumonia
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and child pneumonia

Above, photo submitted by Keith Klugman, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

 

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Ting Shi, University of Edinburgh: ”Global disease burden estimate of RSV in young children”

 

Influenza and child pneumonia
Influenza and child pneumonia
Above, photo submitted by Kawsar Talaat, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  Talks by:Tim Uyeki (Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention): “Influenza and Influenza-associated Pneumonia in Children” ...
Ultrasound and child pneumonia
Ultrasound and child pneumonia
Talks by:Cammie Lee and Taylor Salisbury (Results for Development/ R4D): “Measuring Pediatric Pneumonia Diagnosis Rates: An Application of Lung Ultrasound in Tanzanian Children Under Five” Tony Gades (Philips): “Philips Lumify Handheld Ultrasound: A ...

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