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Elena Mozzo
PediCAP Consortium Meeting 2020 and COVID-19 pandemic
After the kick-off Meeting held in Johannesburg last year, the PediCAP Consortium was expected to meet in Zimbabwe in June 2020. Unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and the related safety measures, the face-to-face meeting was canceled. A...
International genomic definition of pneumococcal lineages, to contextualise disease, antibiotic resistance and vaccine impact
Published in EBioMedicine, May 2019
Non-adherence to oral antibiotics for community paediatric pneumonia treatment in Malawi – A qualitative investigation
Published in PlosOne, 2018
Efficacy, safety and impact on antimicrobial resistance of duration and dose of amoxicillin treatment for young children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: a protocol for a randomised controlled Trial
Published in BMJ Open, 2019
World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases declaration on combating antimicrobial resistance in children
Published in World J Pediatr, 2018
Consumption of oral antibiotic formulations for young children according to the WHO Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) antibiotic groups: an analysis of sales data from 70 middle-income and high-income countries
Published in Lancet Infect Dis, 2019
Antibiotic use for community-acquired pneumonia in neonates and children: WHO evidence review
Published in Paediatr Int Child Health, 2018
First ethical approval in Zimbabwe
The PediCAP protocol obtained its first ethical approvals! Harare and Parirenyatwa Hospitals (Zimbabwe) provided their ethical approval respectively in September and October, two months after protocol finalisation. This achievement is highly motivating for all the...
PediCAP protocol finalised
We are glad to announce that the PediCAP protocol has been finalized! Following an active discussion during the kick-off meeting in Johannesburg, during which its key points were discussed and aligned with each site’s standard of care and practices, principal...
