NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE)

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) received the “NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE)” grant from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) through the University of Edinburgh, the UK to conduct the following research: 1. Assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of introducing pulse oximetry in IMCI services to manage acute respiratory infections in first-level health facilities in Bangladesh. 2. Feasibility and acceptability followed by the effectiveness of bubble continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of Bangladeshi children with severe pneumonia. 3. Optimizing the treatment of COVID 19 affected Bangladeshi adults with severe pneumonia and/or ARDS using an adaptive version of locally made Bubble CPAP: A feasibility study. 4. Blended learning for primary care physicians on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A feasibility study in Bangladesh.