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Acute Lower Respiratory Infections

Improving Chances Against Lung Infections
Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI), such as pneumonia, are especially threatening to children younger than 5 who live in developing countries. The illnesses cause the deaths of about 2 million children annually.

The foundation focuses support on efforts to:

Develop safe and effective vaccines that can be given to young children to guard against the major causes of respiratory infections
Build knowledge of the varied causes of respiratory infections, and better understand where the geographic distribution of each type of infection, in order to more effectively target prevention and treatment efforts
Find a simple and accurate way to identify children who are likely to develop complications from the infections

Acute Lower Respiratory Infections Backgrounder
Developing vaccines against the varied causes of acute lower respiratory infections presents scientists with many complex problems. But vaccines have great potential to reduce illness and death associated with lung diseases.

Grantmaking Priorities for Acute Lower Respiratory Infections
To use our resources most effectively, we fund projects that have the potential to provide the greatest benefit for the most people over the longest period of time. Our resource section for grant seekers has detailed information on our grantmaking priorities and processes.

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