Early Child Health Intervention Using Breathing Sound

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

Early Child Health Intervention Using Breathing Sound. Insu Song and Joachim Diederich of the James Cook University in Singapore propose a cell phone-based system for collecting and analyzing time location-tagged children's crying and breathing sounds to detect respiratory infections. This system provides treatment information for parents and generates public health data regarding the spread of infectious diseases.

Date

01 May 2011 - 05 May 2012

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

cell phone;breathing sound;low-cost cell phone based;respiratory infection

Funding Body

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Amount

100000

Project Team

N/A