Pneumonia Diagnostics project activity update

This presentation for the Pneumonia Diagnostics project meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee in Geneva on 17-18 June 2014 outlines Malaria Consortium’s role in community case management and its continued commitment to it through the Pneumonia Diagnostics project.

The presentation provides details of the multi-country project which aims to identify the most accurate, acceptable, scalable and user-friendly respiratory rate timers and pulse oximeters for the diagnosis of pneumonia symptoms. Initial findings from the first stage of the project are shared, highlighting the current constraints experienced by community health workers in detecting the symptoms of pneumonia. 

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