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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Announcing the Tiger Challenge with $2 Million in Prize Funding
Challenge OverviewEconomic and social prosperity rests upon the ability of communities to create healthy and productive lives for themselves. Over the last decade, vast improvements in health, educati...
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Fourth call for research to improve adolescent health in low and middle income countries
As joint funders of this scheme, the Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research and the Department for International Development are pleased to announce a fourth call for res...
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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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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...
29 May 2019
Big Opportunities & High Stakes for Immunization
Blogs
Above, photo by Nina Raingold Save the Children, UK Creative Team. Pneumococcal vaccine before it is administered at Lodwar County Hospital, Turkana region, Kenya. Babies are routinely offered the pneumococcal vaccine at age 6 weeks to prevent them f...
29 April 2019
The Children’s Oxygen Administration Strategies Trial (COAST)
Blogs
Above, photo by Jonathan Hyams, Save the Children, Bangladesh, July 2018: Laila,* holds an oxygen mask to the face of her son Sohai,* two, at Save the Children’s primary healthcare centre (PHCC) in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Sohai* was admitted to the ...
01 April 2019
Timing is everything! Preventing more pneumonia with an innovative vaccine schedule
Blogs
Above: Photo by Charlie Forgham-Bailey, Save the Children. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Vaccinations are given at various points during the child's development, and helps prevent numerous ailments, including pneumonia.  by Cynthia Whitney, IHR...

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30 June 2019
July 2019 Member Newsletter
Newsletters
Above, photo by Charlie Forgham-Bailey, Save the ChildrenMary* is weighed in order to check for malnutrition (a contributing factor to pneumonia) at the Centre de Santé et Maternité, Galilée, a health centre on the outskirts of Kinshasa, DRC.  A COMMENT FROM THE COORDINATOR Innovation is a hot topic among health professionals, but its significance may become diluted through overuse, and sometimes has a limited scope focused mostly on new technologies. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a mu...

WEBINARS

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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...
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”

 

PUBLICATIONS

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