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  • Developing a strategy for investment in diagnostic technologies requires an understanding of the need for, and the health impact of, potential new tools, as well as the necessary performance characteristics and user requirements. In this paper, we outline an approach for modelling the health benefits of new diagnostic tools.

    • Federico Girosi
    • Stuart S. Olmsted
    • Jeffrey Wasserman
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 444, P: 3-8

  • Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) are the primary killer of children in developing countries. Many children with ALRIs are not properly diagnosed, and overuse of antibiotics has led to increasing drug resistance. The introduction of simple and widely accessible diagnostic tests could significantly reduce deaths among children with ALRIs and reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics.

    • Yee-Wei Lim
    • Mark Steinhoff
    • Kim Mulholland
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 444, P: 9-18

  • Stunting affects ~ 147 million children in developing countries. Studies have pointed to a relationship between stunting and different pathogens that are associated with diarrhoeal illness. New easy-to-use tools for diagnosing these pathogens could help to identify children at risk for growth shortfall, and reduce the prevalence of stunting and the large burden of disease associated with it.

    • Karen A. Ricci
    • Federico Girosi
    • Richard L. Guerrant
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 444, P: 29-38

  • Malaria kills > 1 million children aged < 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa annually. Current control efforts are hampered by increasing drug resistance, unreliable diagnostics, widespread overtreatment and rising drug costs. In this environment, new and widely available malaria diagnostics have the potential to save lives and drastically reduce overtreatment.

    • Maria E. Rafael
    • Terrie Taylor
    • Richard Allan
    Research
    Nature
    Volume: 444, P: 39-48