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...
The pneumococcus bacterium, pneumonia’s leading cause, has more than 90 varieties alone. Controlling this complex threat to global health is within reach, but requires a comprehensive approach that utilizes the full suite of prevention tools at our disposal. To this end, expanding the availability of...
Par Mme Danielle Bousquet, Député française, Membre de la Commission des affaires étrangères | Saviez-vous qu’un enfant meurt toutes les 20 secondes des suites d’une pneumonie, la maladie la plus meurtrière chez les enfants de moins de cinq ans dans les pays en développement? Plus...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
