Global Strategies is excited to announce the launch of a groundbreaking pediatric study in Jinja, Uganda, in collaboration with Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Makerere Lung Institute. This study has the potential to transform how frontline clinicians care for children facing some of the most common—and most serious—illnesses of early childhood.
The Alrite Study is a joint effort led by Dr. Laura Ellington (Seattle Children’s Hospital) and Dr. Rebecca Nantanda (Makerere Lung Institute), in collaboration with our team at Global Strategies. At the heart of the study is a pediatric care application built on Global Strategies’ NoviGuide platform*—a digital tool designed to support health providers in real time as they care for sick children in urgent and emergency settings.
The pediatric application covers many urgent conditions, from seizures to severe malaria, but its strength is handling the most common pediatric complaint → cough. When nurses can manage something as frequent as cough with confidence, they’re more likely to turn to the app—and keep using it for other less common conditions.
“Cough is one of the most common reasons families bring their children to the clinic,” says Dr. Joshua Bress, President of Global Strategies. “It’s also one of the trickiest—sometimes it’s just a cold, other times it’s pneumonia, asthma or even tuberculosis.”
By combining global pediatric expertise with on-the-ground insights from local clinicians, the Alrite Study is already showing how clinical decision support tools can make a real difference—especially in places where medical staff are under pressure and every decision matters.
Why it matters:
Thanks to the dedication of teams in Uganda and Seattle, and the support of partners like you, we’re one step closer to a future where every child—no matter where they live—has access to the care they need to grow, heal, and thrive.
* NoviGuide is a clinical decision support software designed to provide point-of-care medical information and guidelines to support, but not replace, clinical decision-making by healthcare professionals.
