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Shally Awasthi
Shally Awasthi is an Indian professor and pediatric pulmonologist. She worked at King George's Medical University. Awasthi was the first Indian scientist to be appointed to the Health-Security Interface Technical Advisory Group (HSI-TAG) of the World Health Organization (WHO). HSI-TAG comprises a group of experts formed to advise the WHO on worldwide issues concerning global health and security. Provided by Wikipedia-
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia: A review
Published 2025-01-01Get full textContext: Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare genetic disease characterized by impaired mucociliary clearance in the respiratory tract due to abnormal ciliary motility. The disease is often diagnosed late with bronchiectasis. This review explores the clinical and genetic correlates of PCD and...
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Barriers and enablers of using a clinical decision support algorithm to consult sick children at primary health facilities: A qualitative study from Uttar Pradesh, India
Published 2025-07-01Get full textIntroduction: In Indian public health system, adherence to Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMNCI) guidelines is low due to inadequate capacity building, high workload and shortage of healthcare providers (HCPs). Objective was to explore barriers and enablers experienced by HCPs using a d...
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Risk factors for asthma across India: Results from global asthma network (GAN) phase I study
Published 2025-07-01Get full textIntroduction: This study aimed to assess the risk factors and triggers predisposing to asthma in Indian children and adults. Methods: The Global Asthma Network Phase I study was a multicentre, international, school, and questionnaire-based cross-sectional study conducted across the world with nine c...
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Costs of testing sick children in primary care with pulse oximetry: Evidence from four countries, both with and without electronic clinical decision support.
Published 2025-01-01Get full textIntroducing pulse oximeters (PO) at primary care facilities can help health workers identify severely ill children who need referral to hospital thereby allowing for improved child clinical outcomes. Adding clinical decision support algorithms (CDSA) can improve adherence to Integrated Management of...
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Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxaemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset
Published 2025-07-01Get full textBackground Hypoxaemia predicts mortality at all levels of care, and appropriate management can reduce preventable deaths. However, pulse oximetry and oxygen therapy remain inaccessible in many primary care health facilities. We aimed to develop and validate a simple risk score comprising commonly ev...
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Effectiveness of introducing pulse oximetry and clinical decision support algorithms for the management of sick children in primary care in India and Tanzania on hospitalisation an...
Published 2025-07-01Get full textSummary: Background: Pulse oximetry can support better detection of hypoxaemia, an important mortality predictor, and digital clinical decision support algorithms (CDSAs) can strengthen adherence to Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines. This study sought to address evidence...
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