259 items related to 'Pneumonia'
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Blog :
The power of a role model in fighting disease
In communities where diseases like malaria and pneumonia are highly prevalent, small, positive changes in behaviour can make a huge difference to their prevention and control. But how are these…
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting frontline health workers in Uganda: Strengthening capacity during COVID-19 and beyond
With Mastercard Foundation, we are developing the capacity of frontline health workers to tackle COVID-19 while providing community case management services.
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Resources: Journal article :
Protecting children in low-income and middle-income countries from COVID-19
Drawing on our shared child pneumonia experience globally, we highlight the potential impacts of COVID-19 on children and propose a collective response.
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Resources: Project brief :
Supporting community health workers in Mozambique to respond to COVID-19: Adapting the upSCALE digital platform
We made technological adaptations to Mozambique's existing upSCALE digital platform to support health workers' ability to respond to the pandemic.
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Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) and COVID-19
Protecting the world's most vulnerable people is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery of life saving health services must not be interrupted however, especially at community level, if…
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Resources: Journal article :
Determining the agreement between an automated respiratory rate counter and a reference standard for detecting symptoms of pneumonia in children
Correctly counting breaths manually and classifying the respiratory rate is challenging, often leading to inappropriate treatment.
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Resources: Journal article :
Automated respiratory rate counter to assess children for symptoms of pneumonia
This is the first time the usability and acceptability of automated respiratory rate counters in low-resource settings have been evaluated.
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completedupSCALE: Strengthening mobile health in Mozambique
Improving disease surveillance and community-based maternal and child healthcare
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Resources: Presentation :
Acute respiratory infection diagnostic aid: Learnings and next steps
This presentation gives an overview of the Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aid project's objectives and results, and suggests next steps.
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Resources: Learning brief :
Training malaria volunteers to deliver integrated community case management
To improve the health status of rural communities in Myanmar, we implemented an integrated community case management approach in Sagaing region.
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Malaria Consortium to present at inaugural Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia
Malaria Consortium will be presenting this week at the inaugural Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia, which runs from 29 to 31 January in Barcelona. The Global Forum aims to ensure that pneumonia –…
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Resources: Journal article :
Usability and acceptability of an automated respiratory rate counter to assess childhood pneumonia in Nepal
We evaluated the usability of a new automated respiratory rate counter for female community health volunteers and caregivers in Nepal.
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Resources: Journal article :
Usability and acceptability of an automated respiratory rate counter to assess children for symptoms of pneumonia
This study aimed to determine the usability and acceptability of a new automated respiratory rate counter by health extension workers in Ethiopia.
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Resources: Journal article :
More work needs to be done to ensure that better pneumonia diagnostics aids are developed and launched to better support frontline health workers
Malaria Consortium's response to Ansermino et al.'s article 'Are respiratory rate counters really so bad' was published in EClinicalMedicine.
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Resources: Presentation :
What is a breath? Working towards an improved reference standard for counting respiratory rate to validate new automated pneumonia diagnostic aids for children under five
Video annotation has potential as a reliable reference standard, if marking of breaths in the distorted period can be improved.
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Resources: Advocacy report :
The spread of superbugs: Why low- and middle-income countries must act now to tackle antimicrobial resistance
A coordinated, cross-sectoral and multi-pronged approach is needed at all levels of government to ensure an effective and targeted response.
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Resources: Journal article :
Institutionalisation of integrated community case management into national health systems in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of the literature
This article identifies models of, and gaps in, the institutionalisation of integrated community case management into national health systems.
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Resources: Infographic :
Studying the usability and acceptability of two pneumonia diagnostic aids
This infographic visualises our findings on the usability and acceptability of devices that classify fast breathing.
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Resources: Research brief :
Usability and acceptability of two automated pneumonia diagnostic aids: Findings from Ethiopia and Nepal
The Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aid project introduced two automated respiratory rate counting aids in Ethiopia and Nepal to support classifying fast breathing.
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Resources: Journal article :
Performance of four respiratory rate counters to support community health workers to detect the symptoms of pneumonia in children in low resource settings
This study analysed the performance of improved respiratory rate timers that are used to detect pneumonia symptoms in low-resource settings.