This article was originally published on Impatient Optimists and is cross-posted here with permission. by: Monica Posada As the leading causes of death in children under five in Cambodia, pneumonia still exacts a large toll on families in Cambodia. Many of the children who die from this condition...
This post originally appeared on the USAID IMPACT blog and is cross-posted here with permission. by Robert Steinglass and Katrin DeCamp MCHIP immunization work in India / JSI For many problems in global health, we struggle to know the solutions. Pneumonia is not one of them. Since passing the 500 day countdown...
This post originally appeared on the DefeatDD blog and is cross-posted here with permission. By: Lauren Newhouse, Communications officer for PATH’s pneumococcal vaccine development project As we mark the sixth annual World Pneumonia Day this month, you might be wondering why you should continue to care. You may have heard that pneumonia...
By: Leith Greenslade An important new report released today by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Pushing the Pace: Progress and Challenges in Fighting Childhood Pneumonia, sheds light onto why pneumonia is still killing an estimated one million children every year, making it the leading infectious disease killer...
In 2013, almost 1 million children died of pneumonia, making it the number one infectious killer of children under five years of age. To address this major global health issue, it is important that we strive for universal access to healthcare so that every child,...
This post originally appeared on the Malaria Consortium blog and is cross-posted here with permission. In recent years, there has been a rapid proliferation of mobile phone applications. There seems to be one for everything, from daily reminders to complex navigation. But while most of us don’t...
The Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia announced today the theme of the 2014 World Pneumonia Day commemorations will be “Universal access to pneumonia prevention and care”. In the days leading up to World Pneumonia Day, celebrated every year on November 12, advocates will call upon governments to strengthen...
Why the World is Losing More Than 1 Million Children to Pneumonia Every Year by: Leith Greenslade, Co-Chair, Child Health, MDG Health Alliance Revolution, transformation, breakthrough, modernization, ingenuity, inspiration, invention, a.k.a. innovation. This is what is so desperately needed to fight the leading killer of children under...
The Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia announced today the theme of the 2013 World Pneumonia Day commemorations will be “Innovation". In the days leading up to World Pneumonia Day, celebrated every year on November 12, advocates will call upon governments to invest more in the...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
