Review of childhood pneumonia research priorities to catalyse increased donor investment
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Authors: Angharad Steele, Carina King, Rebecca Nantanda, Elizabeth Berryman, Leith Greenslade, Kevin Baker, Malaria Consortium, London, United Kingdom, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Makerere University Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Every Breath Counts Coalition, New York, NY, United States
Infectious disease research funders must utilise the childhood pneumonia scorecards to prioritise new investments in pneumonia research.
Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children under five, accounting for 14 percent of all child deaths. Despite the key role research can play in preventing childhood pneumonia deaths, it is estimated that less than three percent of infectious disease research funding is allocated to pneumonia. To increase and better target funding towards childhood pneumonia, the Child Pneumonia Research Investment Scorecard was developed with support from the Every Breath Counts Research Group. This poster was presented at the 72nd annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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