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Malaria Consortium’s Fighting the #1 Killer of Children Under 5

Community health? There’s an app for that

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...

Sixth Annual World Pneumonia Day: Universal Access to Pneumonia Prevention and Care

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...

A Failure To Innovate

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...

Fifth Annual World Pneumonia Day: Innovating to Fight Child Pneumonia

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...

Committing to Child Survival: A Promised Renewed 2013 Progress Report Released

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...

WHO & UNICEF Release New Action Plan to Tackle Two Leading Killers of Children

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 Releases New Report on the Importance of Earlier Breastfeeding

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...

Leading International Child Health Agencies Join Forces to Increase Access to the Most Effective Antibiotic Treatment for Children with Pneumonia

Leading child health agencies have joined forces to announce plans to work together on an unprecedented scale to increase access to amoxicillin in dispersible tablet form – the recommended antibiotic treatment for children under five suffering from pneumonia.* In 2011, a staggering 1.3 million children...

Pneumonia Remains the Leading Killer of Children Despite Decline in Global Child Deaths

Marking the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day, November 12th, world leaders and the Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia are calling for major efforts in the fight against childhood pneumonia, which remains the number one killer of children under age five. Pneumonia claimed 1.3 million lives...