Biotope: Reducing childhood mortality through improved diagnosis of pneumonia
- Challenge:SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Co-Funders:Irish Aid
- Phase:Runner-up
- Team Lead:Dr Joe Gallagher, University College Dublin
- Partner Country Team Lead:Dr Balwani Mbakaya, Mzuzu University
- Team Co-Lead:Dr Chris Watson, Queen’s University Belfast and University College Dublin
- Societal Impact Champion:Billy Wilson Nyambolo, Malawi Ministry of Health
Funders
Co-funded by: Irish Aid
Reducing childhood mortality through improved diagnosis of pneumonia
Develop and implement sustainable solutions in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood infectious diseases such as childhood pneumonia. Using cellular networks and smartphone technology with AI supported clinical decision support systems, we will collect and correlate new patient datasets to improve diagnostic and real-time assessment of infants and young children in primary care. We are also developing inexpensive point of care tests using host response biomarkers that can be deployed to appropriately reduce prescription of antimicrobials and reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance.