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...
In support of the Committing to Child Survival: A Promised Renewed global movement, UNICEF has published the 2013 Progress Report with updates on the trends and levels in under-five mortality over the past two decades. A Promise Renewed brings together key stakeholders committed to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have released The integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD) that details the strategic plan for reducing the death and illness caused by childhood pneumonia and diarrhea. Pneumonia and diarrhea claim...
Save the Children's new report, Superfood for Babies, estimates that breastfeeding immediately after birth could save the lives of 830,000 babies around the world every year. The report explains that earlier breastfeeding is also associated with exclusive breastfeeding through the first six months of...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
