Worldwide, pneumonia takes the lives of more young children than any other disease – more than 100 every hour of every day. The single biggest cause of fatal pneumonia in childhood is preventable with a vaccine. On November 7th, the International Vaccine Access Center, in collaboration...
Each year, IVAC prepares the Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report and publishes it for World Pneumonia Day on November 12. The report evaluates the annual progress made in prevention and control of pneumonia and diarrhea by scoring the top 15 highest burden countries ...
he fight against pneumonia deaths is being lost – and children on the frontline are paying with their lives. Fighting for Breath turns a spotlight on the inequalities, policy failures and indifference holding back progress. It challenges governments, international agencies, private companies and non-governmental organizations to come...
New from Healthline is an interactive tool which explains exactly how pneumonia devastates the human body. Use this tool on World Pneumonia Day (Nov. 12) and beyond to advocate for global health leaders to invest in #ChildHealth and #StopPneumonia....
World Pneumonia Day is dedicated to efforts that address the leading infectious causes of death for children under five. This year, we rally to the theme “Stop Pneumonia: Invest in Child Health”....
August 30, 2016 In Nigeria’s urban slums, where diseases are easy to pick up and health care facilities are hard to reach, prevention with vaccines can be the difference between life and death. One advocate tells her story. By Chika Offor, Chief Oversight Officer, Vaccine Network for...
Blending health and art to motivate families in Nigeria to recognize and prevent pneumonia...
By collaborating with public figures and civil society actors, AGIS utilized health education to raise awareness of pneumonia vaccines...
Delivering messages about protecting against, preventing, and treating pneumonia through visual communication...
From Abuja to Seattle, child health advocates rallied around a unified message in November: Keep the Promise. Stop Pneumonia Now. ...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
