Researchers from Lausanne obtain funding for implementation of clinical algorithms to improve the health of febrile children while drastically reducing unnecessary prescription of antibiotics.

04.04.2019

Fondation Botnar has awarded CHF 7 million to researchers from Lausanne, for further deployment of electronic diagnostic and treatment tools based on algorithms which will help clinicians to manage febrile children.

The research project is led by Unisanté and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH, an associated institute of the University of Basel) and two research institutes in Tanzania: Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) and National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR).

The project could avoid millions of clinical failures and tens of millions of unnecessary prescriptions of antibiotics every year, in Africa and perhaps one day in Europe.