Pneumonia

Innovations Network

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

UPDATES

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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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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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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...
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...

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30 April 2019
May 2019 Member Newsletter
Newsletters
Photo by Martin Kharumwa of Save the Children, South Sudan. A seven-month-old child lies on a hospital bed in Bor, South Sudan after being treated for pneumonia.                                            A COMMENT FROM THE COORDINATOR                 Oxygen, antibiotics, diagnostic tools, oh my! This month’s PIN newsletter covers a wide range of topics, all critical to our continued fight to drive child pneumonia deaths to zero. We are excited to share with you some new content, including a fea...

WEBINARS

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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”

 

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” ...

PUBLICATIONS

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