“Automated smartphone-based cough audio classification for rapid tuberculosis triage testing.”
Fortifying Cough Audio triAGE for TB: 4-CAGETB
What is TB?
Have you had a cough for two weeks or longer?
Let us hear what it sounds like!
We believe TB and non-TB coughs sound different
Cough Audio triaGE for TB
What to know about Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is the single biggest infectious cause of death that kills more HIV-positive people than any other disease.
TB is caused by the germ Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is spread when people who are sick cough near healthy ones. The disease mainly affects the lungs but can spread and affect other body organs. The emergence of new cases, especially in Africa, may be declining, but the progress is slow. New innovative and ambitious technologies are needed, especially at the triaging areas, to identify new TB cases while minimising costs.
-- World Health Organisation Global TB Report, 2024 --
million
people fell ill in 2023
million
Died in 2023
HIV People
died from TB in 2023
Our drivers to achieve the overal goal
The purpose of of 4-CAGETB is to promote the adoption of mobile health (mHealth) based cough audio triage testing for active pulmonary tb in health facilites in high burden settings.
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Partners and Study Sites
Makerere University, Kampala
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
Stellenbosch University, Cape Town
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam
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