With more than 25 events scheduled in 15 countries, World Pneumonia Day 2011 is going to be busy, exciting and productive! Check out our map of global WPD2011 events and see what's happening near you. Nothing happening nearby? Use our 2011 Activist Toolkit...
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Organization: Global Youth Coalition Egypt Location: Cairo, Egypt Event: Pneumonia Champions Leading the Response For World Pneumonia Day 2011, the Global Youth Coalition Egypt (GYCE) furthered their mission of empowering youth to become community health advocates. GYCE activities included a roundtable with media representatives and health consultants, a...
Organization: Mexzen Care for Life Foundation Location: Lagos, Nigeria Event: Film: One Last Case of Childhood Pneumonia in Nigeria The Mexzen Care for Life Foundation created a play about recognizing pneumonia symptoms to reach both parents and policy makers for World Pneumonia Day 2011. The performance, held in in...
Organization: Haitian Health Foundation and Haitian Pediatric Society Location: Port-au-Prince, Haiti Event: Souf youn moun se vi-l (Breathe is life) The Haitian Health Foundation and the Haitian Pediatric Society partnered for World Pneumonia Day on an awareness campaign targeting practicing health professionals. Their goal was to improve early...
Organization: Safe Womanhood Location: Nairobi, Kenya Event: Festival: Stand Up and Act Against Pneumonia For World Pneumonia Day 2011, the Safe Womanhood Organization (SWO) held a large-scale pneumonia awareness event for Somali and Oromo refugees living in Nairobi. These refugees, who often do not speak the languages of their...
Organization: Coalition for Rational and Safe Use of Medicines (CoRSUM) Location: Chisinau, Moldova Event: Drama: “Pneumonia” – Who are the Key Actors? The Coalition for the Rational and Safe Use of Medicines (CoRSUM) marked World Pneumonia Day with a National Conference in the country’s capital, Chisinau. The conference led...
Organization: International Rescue Committee Location: Kigali, Rwanda Event: Humeka Neza (Awareness Campaign) International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Rwanda used World Pneumonia Day 2011 as a culminating activity for a much longer advocacy and communication campaign about the importance and effectiveness of community-based pneumonia interventions. The goal of the campaign...
Organization: Malawi Ministry of Health - Health and Rights Education Programme Location: Lilongwe, Malawi Event: Knocking Out Pneumonia: The Call for Effective Collaboration The Malawi Ministry of Health hosted a symposium for World Pneumonia Day 2011 to raise awareness about the burden of pneumonia in the country. The symposium...
Organization: Save the Children, Malawi Location: Rumphi, Malawi Event: Smoke OUT Pneumonia! As part of their EVERY ONE Campaign, Save the Children hosted ‘Smoke Out Pneumonia,’ a celebration boasting music, dancing, poetry, drama, and educational presentations to mark World Pneumonia Day in Rumphi, a district in northern Malawi. The...
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