Supporting the Diagnosis of Childhood Pneumonia in Low Resource Settings

Pneumonia is the leading infectious disease killer of children under 5 worldwide [1]. 99 % of deaths occur in developing countries in low-resource settings [2]. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented Community Case Management (CCM) in rural areas to help diagnose and treat the main diseases in children under 5. CCM empowers members of the community, known as Community Health Workers (CHWs), to identify danger signs of pneumonia, a.o. counting the number of breaths per minute and comparing the result with defined cut-off rates per age group.