Childhood Pneumonia Screener: a concept

Abstract

To the Editor:We thank Dr Grimwood for his interest and thoughtful comments on our concept of a ‘smart’ phone based Childhood Pneumonia Screener [1]. The comments are directed in particular to the third phase of the evaluation, an outcome study. Much development and deployment work needs to be conducted before we get to this phase, and the specifics of the outcome study have not yet been formulated. Therefore, Dr Grimwood’s comments are quite timely and helpful.Read the full Letter to the Editor here.Full article - Childhood Pneumonia Screener: a conceptCorrespondence

Keywords

• Pneumonia, Acoustics, Global health, Telemedicine, Childhood mortality