By Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | University of California researcher Kirk Smith may have saved the lives of Angela Jiménez’s four-month-old twins. Smith was on-site in rural Guatemala with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves as part of his ground-breaking research study on the...
Organization: Duke University Master's of Science - Global Health Location: Duke University Campus, Durham, NC About the event: Several Duke MSc-Global Health students have organized a fun event to recognize World Pneumonia Day on Friday, November 11th, from 3:00 - 5:00 PM. For those familiar with the Duke...
by Dr. Chizoba Wonodi, MD, PhD
On November 12, the world will mark the 3rd World Pneumonia Day. On that day, I will be thinking about all the faces of pneumonia I know and about Precious, a cute 1-year old I met last year in Lagos, Nigeria.
I met Precious at a seminar we organized for pneumonia advocates; her mother brought her to shine a light on the real lives and families touched by pneumonia. Precious’ ordeal began innocuously as a fever, which her mother thought was malaria.
Each year, people all across the world come together on World Pneumonia Day to increase awareness about the disease that claims more lives than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined. This year's Activist Toolkit offers more resources to get involved and organize successful events that...
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...
Whether you want to plan an event of your own, see what's happening around the globe, or want to tweet your support for the 2011 campaign, we have an Activist Toolkit to help you play a role. Check out our 2011 Activist Toolkit and get involved!...
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...
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