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Evidence Based Paediatric Respiratory Management Guidelines
Concise, practical and evidence-based paediatric respiratory protocols for the Health Care Professional - download instant clinical guidance, anytime, anywhere, right now.
Features
Handbook
The African Paediatric Respiratory Handbook provides evidence-based protocols for clinicians caring for children with respiratory illnesses. Covering outpatient to ICU management, and both acute and chronic conditions, it serves as an essential resource, equipping healthcare professionals with practical, context-appropriate guidance. Access it instantly—anytime, anywhere.
Curriculum
The Paediatric Pulmonology Curriculum is designed to support centres and countries seeking to establish their own training programmes for paediatric pulmonologists. Developed and reviewed by experts in the field, it offers a comprehensive, well-rounded framework that equips trainees to become highly skilled specialists. The curriculum is adaptable to local needs and helps advance paediatric respiratory expertise across the continent.
Logbook
The Paediatric Pulmonology Logbook documents the trainee’s academic and clinical journey—from case exposure to procedures and reflective practice. Designed to align with international fellowship standards, it is mobile-friendly and easily exportable, ensuring every clinical encounter contributes to growing competence and confidence in paediatric respiratory care
Table of Contents
“Expert paediatric respiratory management guidelines, at your fingertips - anywhere, any time”
Refiloe Masekela
Paediatric Pulmonologist and President of Pan African Thoracic Society
“Out of Africa, by Africans, for Africans: Respiratory diseases in childhood.”
Andrew Bush
Professor, Imperial College, London
About
"The African Pediatric Respiratory Handbook"
The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme (APFP) in partnership with The Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) is working on developing child & adolescent respiratory resources that will support teaching and training of child & adolescent respiratory specialists in Africa. Specific outcomes of this project include development of a paediatric respiratory curriculum as well as a paediatric respiratory handbook that is relevant to the African context.
'P.A.T.S'
The Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS) is a continental organization dedicated to improving lung health across Africa. It unites clinicians, researchers, and public health experts to advance respiratory medicine through education, research, and advocacy. Through initiatives like the MECOR program, PATS builds research capacity and clinical excellence, fostering collaboration to strengthen respiratory care. Its mission is to promote equitable, evidence-based lung health for all Africans
'A.P.F.P'
African Paediatric Fellowship Programme (APFP) is a leading pan-African training initiative dedicated to strengthening the paediatric workforce across the continent. By offering advanced medical and nursing fellowships in top African institutions, the programme has already trained over 290 child-health specialists from more than 20 countries, with the vast majority returning home to build new services, train others and improve outcomes for children.
Executive Editorial Team
Meet our team of editors — a dedicated group of pediatric specialists, educators, and researchers committed to advancing child lung health across Africa. With diverse expertise and shared passion, they ensure the handbook’s content is accurate, practical, and relevant to clinicians working in all settings.
Diane Gray
Senior Clinician & Expert Advisor
Diane Gray is a paediatric pulmonologist based at the University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. Her whose work focuses on improving prevention, diagnosis and management of early-life lung disease, notably Bronchiectasis, Preterm and HIV associated lung disease. She has a particular interest in the use of lung function in strengthening respiratory health of African children.
Executive Admin Team
This is our dynamic team with an invaluable role in this project. They anchor the editorial process for the African Paediatric Respiratory Handbook. With decades of combined experience in APFP programme management and fellowship logistics, they coordinate authors, reviewers, and timelines across the continent ensuring smoothness in meeting timelines and targets of the project.
Helen Meintjes
Program Manager
Hellen Meintjes, APFP administrative lead, oversees the African Paediatric Respiratory Handbook project. With 15+ years in programme management, she ensures seamless operations across African institutions—supporting clinicians through efficient APFP fellowship coordination.
Jolie Mapendo Mauridi
APFP Program Officer
Assists incoming/current fellows and the program with day-to-day administration and support services including fellows HPCSA registrations, travel logistics and conferences and overall finance administration. She has a BA in Psychology & Sociology (Cornerstone Institute) and a BSocSc (Honours) in Social Development (UCT).
Section Editors
AUTHORS
A pan-African collaboration. 71 expert contributors across 22 specialties and subspecialties, representing 13 African nations. One shared mission: evidence-based respiratory care.
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