Students in the Bloomberg School of Public Health are organizing events will include a student soccer match, a webinar and reception on November 11th with WHO's Dr. Shamim Qzai and Abhay Bang and a Pneumonia Trivia Night. Update...
On November 11, 2011, GAVI held a special event to mark World Pneumonia Day 2011 and the first anniversary of the introduction of vaccines against pneumococccal disease. Co-hosted by GAVI Alliance Deputy CEO Helen Evans and Australian Ambassador Peter Woolcott, the event featured speakers Dr....
By Katie Gorham, JHSPH | On a bright August day in 2008 as I rode a small van home, I had a quiet epiphany to myself. I was tired from a hard day’s work and sweaty from the heat of the day – but I...
By Dr. Maria Knoll, IVAC | The first World Pneumonia Day was held on my nephew’s birthday. I called him from the event ceremony in NYC to let him hear people from all over the world who had gathered together to work to save children...
Ahead of World Pneumonia Day, the first study to provide global estimates of seasonal influenza in children aged under five years and the resultant burden of influenza-related pneumonia is published Online First by The Lancet. The study estimates that, globally, around 90 million children contract...
By Eileen Quinn, PATH | Do you remember when the kids in your neighborhood were dying from pneumonia? I can’t say that I do, but I am reading a great novel right now that reminded me it wasn’t that long ago that here in the...
By Water For People and Dan Erchick, JHSPH | Broken water pumps, filled latrines and unsustainable solutions. These challenges are what motivate Water For People, a nonprofit committed to the belief that everyone should have access to safe water and sanitation every day. And...
By Lois Privor-Dumm, IVAC | A few years ago, we were thinking about how do you get people to recognize that pneumonia is a problem in children? The answer is, we don’t have to figure it out – give people the simple facts and they...
In research published on November, 10, 2011, new studies from the University of California, Berkeley, focus on the human health effects of exposure to smoke from open fires and dirty cookstoves, the primary source of cooking and heating for 43 percent of the world's population,...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 11, 2011, 12:01 am EST CONTACT: Mala Persaud +1 202-841-9336 Mala.Persaud@gmmb.com STUDIES SHOW GREAT STRIDES IN VACCINATION BUT MORE PROGRESS NEEDED IN SCALING UP PROTECTION, TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS New approach to treatment shows promise; integrated approach is urged to combat world’s leading child killer on third...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
