Point-of-care diagnostics for global health

P Yager, GJ Domingo, J Gerdes - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Biomedical engineers have traditionally developed technologies in response to the needs of
the developed world's medical community. As a result, the diagnostic systems on which they …

Understanding careseeking for child illness in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and conceptual framework based on qualitative research of household …

CJ Colvin, HJ Smith, A Swartz, JW Ahs, J de Heer… - Social science & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria are the largest contributors to childhood mortality in sub-
Saharan Africa. While supply side efforts to deliver effective and affordable interventions are …

Determinants of delay in care‐seeking for febrile children in eastern Uganda

E Rutebemberwa, K Kallander… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore factors associated with delay in seeking treatment outside the home for
febrile children under five. Methods Using a pre‐tested structured questionnaire, all 9176 …

Can community health workers and caretakers recognise pneumonia in children? Experiences from western Uganda

K Källander, G Tomson, X Nsabagasani… - Transactions of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are leading killers of children. Case management using
community health workers (CHW) has halved ARI mortality in children in Asia. WHO/UNICEF …

[PDF][PDF] Infeksi saluran napas akut pada balita di daerah urban Jakarta

K Nasution, MAR Sjahrullah, KE Brohet, KA Wibisana… - Sari …, 2016 - saripediatri.org
Metode. Penelitian potong lintang yang dilakukan pada 103 subjek menggunakan guided
questionnaire yang valid dan reliable untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat diagnosis ISPA …

Views regarding use of complementary therapies for acute respiratory infections: Systematic review of qualitative studies

M Willcox, E Donovan, XY Hu, S Elboray… - … Therapies in Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing and use are most common for
uncomplicated acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Some Complementary and Alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Signs and symptoms indicative of community-acquired pneumonia in infants under six months

MFBP March, CC Sant'Anna - Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of the clinical signs and symptoms predicting bacterial and viral
pneumonia, in accordance with the Brazilian National Control Program for Acute Respiratory …

Knowledge, attitude and practice of mothers on acute respiratory infection in children under five years in Saudi Arabia, 2017

MF Alluqmani, AA Aloufi… - … Egyptian Journal of …, 2017 - ejhm.journals.ekb.eg
Background: management and prevention of acute respiratory infections (ARI) is a
worldwide problem especially in developing countries. Mothers are the caregivers of their …

Careseeking for childhood diarrhoea at the primary level of care in communities in Cross River State, Nigeria

O Ekpo - Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2016 - Springer
Risk factors for care-seeking choices for childhood diarrhea in Nigeria are poorly
understood. They are essential to the control of childhood illnesses because diarrhea is an …

[HTML][HTML] Influences on healthcare-seeking during final illnesses of infants in under-resourced South African settings

A Sharkey, M Chopra, D Jackson… - Journal of health …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To examine how health caregivers in under-resourced South African settings select from
among the healthcare alternatives available to them during the final illness of their infants …