Respiratory rate is a fundamental vital sign that is sensitive to different pathological
conditions (eg, adverse cardiac events, pneumonia, and clinical deterioration) and stressors …

Acute respiratory infections (ARI), especially lower respiratory infections (LRI), are a leading
cause of childhood morbidity and mortality globally. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) …

Background Exposure to household air pollution is a risk factor for severe pneumonia. The
effect of replacing biomass cookstoves with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookstoves on …

Background: Globally, nearly 3 billion people rely on solid fuels for cooking and heating, the
vast majority residing in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The resulting household …

Background Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with acute respiratory infection (ARI)
in early life, but this has not been evaluated in Indonesia. We aimed to determine the …

Background In resource-limited settings, pneumonia diagnosis and management are based
on thresholds for respiratory rate (RR) and oxyhaemoglobin saturation (SpO 2) …

Breathing can be measured in a non-contact method using a thermal camera. The objective
of this study investigates non-contact breathing measurements using thermal cameras …

Background There is an ongoing need to assess the impact of pneumococcal conjugate
vaccines (PCVs) to guide the use of these potentially valuable but under-utilized vaccines …

Abstract Background Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) systems aim to reduce the
spread of enteric pathogens, particularly amongst children under five years old. The most …

In this study, we propose using a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) micropillar-based quartz
crystal microbalance (micropillar-QCM) sensor for simultaneous measurement of exhaled …