Evaluating the performance of community health care providers in detecting fast breathing in children using a reference video expert panel in Bangladesh
Open Access
- 14 February 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Discover Public Health
- Vol. 23 (1) , 185
Abstract
The World Health Organization’s Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines emphasise respiratory rate (RR) counting for diagnosing childhoKeywords
Funding Information
- The UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (16/136/109)
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