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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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CARB-X Funding Opportunities for Innovations in Antimicrobial Resistance on 12th of November, 2019
 The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms - C-CAMP, is delighted to let you know that fourth round of CARB-X funding, 2019 for product developers, researchers and innovators around the world wo...
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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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2019 Global Digital Health Forum
Join us December 9-11 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center just outside Washington, DC for the 6th Annual Global Digital Health Forum!The theme for this year's event - Celebrat...
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2020 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society
Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell, the nation’s first hospital, the famous Philly cheesesteak and … the ATS 2020 International Conference! So, mark your calendar and be sure to join us in the C...
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25 October 2019
Potential for improved survival of newborns in sub-Saharan Africa from affordable, non-invasive point-of-care devices
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Above photo provided by Professor William Macharia Potential for improved survival of newborns in sub-Saharan Africa from affordable, non-invasive point-of-care devices   By William M Macharia An estimated 1 million newborns die in sub-Saharan Africa...
01 October 2019
Maternal Interventions Vigilance may speed progress against the Sustainable Development Goals’ maternal, neonatal, and child health targets
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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)
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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
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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...

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25 October 2019
NOVEMBER 2019 MEMBER NEWSLETTER
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Above photo, provided by Fredrik Lerneryd / Save the Children. Nakwan is only seven days old, and she has pneumonia. She will remain in the clinic under treatment until she is stable. Katilu health centre is located in Katilu, Turkana county in Northern Kenya. The centre receives around 3600 patients per month. Among those patients, around 15 are treated for pneumonia, however due to the heavy rain, they treated 34 pneumonia patients last month. A COMMENT FROM THE COORDINATOR This year to commem...

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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