Kara Palamountain

Biographic Data

ID7990375
NAMEKara Palamountain
GIVEN NAMESKara
FAMILY NAMEPalamountain
SIGNATUREPALAMOUNTAIN K
AFFILIATIONSNorthwestern University
ORCID0000-0002-8055-9706
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Aligning neonatal sepsis triage diagnostics with WHO target product profiles in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessBirgitta Gleeson, Benjamin Blumel et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet despite this, progress in the development and implementation of effective diagnostics has been limited. Current diagnostic methods rely on clinical assessments of nonspecific signs and symptoms, limited laboratory testing and technologies that are inaccessible, unaffordable or unsuitable for resource-constrained settings. There is…

  • A call to bridge the diagnostic gap

    Open AccessBirgitta Gleeson, Cecilia Ferreyra et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    BOX Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the greatest burden of neonatal mortality, with sepsis being a major contributor

  • University leadership for innovation in global health and HIV/Aids diagnostics

    Open AccessKara Palamountain, Karen A Stewart et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2010

    Medical products used in the developed world often fail to adequately serve resource-limited settings where electricity, transportation and health care workers are not readily available. We suggest that the problem is not only a lack of coordinated financial resources to purchase existing medical products, but also a lack of products that are specifically designed for resource-limited settings. While donor organisations with a focus on global hea…