Childhood Pneumonia Quality-of-Care

This event will take place November 9 at 6:30pm IST / 4:00pm EAT / 8:00am EST

Pneumonia remains the single largest infectious cause of death among children under-five globally. Yet, many of these deaths are preventable with appropriate vaccines, timely diagnosis, and prescription of affordable treatments. Accelerating efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat childhood pneumonia is thus critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to end preventable child mortality by 2030. One critical challenge standing in the way is the lack of evidence to determine the right efforts to improve pneumonia diagnosis and treatment, especially in countries with high burdens of childhood pneumonia. 

Results for Development and RTI International are excited to invite you to join a distinguished group of speakers and panelists as they present findings from recently published studies on diagnosis and prescription rates in Tanzania and the presence of a “know-can” gap in provider behaviors in India. The presentations will be followed by a moderated panel discussion on the impact of these findings and related interventions, which should be prioritized to drive improvements in childhood pneumonia diagnosis and prescription.

We look forward to your questions, ideas and participation! 

Moderator: Dr. Carina King, Associate Professor, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institute, and Co-Chair, Every Breath Counts Research Group 

Presenters:

• Taylor Salisbury, Senior Program Officer, Results for Development
• Lopamudra Ray Saraswati, Manager-Health, RTI International India
• Dr. Rajiv Tandon, Director-Health, RTI International India

Panelists:

• Dr. Sumita Ghosh, Additional Commissioner In Charge (Child Health, Adolescent Health, Safe Abortion Services, Aspirational District Programme), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
• Dr. Ntuli A. Kapologwe, Director of Health Services, President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government, Tanzania
• Dr. Priya Nanda, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Ms. Sakina Baker, Head of CSR, Philips India
• Dr. Anne Detjen, Child Health Specialist, Integrated Service Delivery Specialist, UNICEF Headquarters
• Dr. Mwanaidi Amiri, Pediatrician, Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania