Organization: World Vision Zambia Location: Lusaka, Zambia Event: Film: Child Health Now. Let’s End Preventable Deaths World Vision Zambia’s World Pneumonia Day 2011 activities were intended to encourage pneumonia awareness and communication among healthcare workers, politicians, and the community through a combination of national and local events. On a...
Organization: Swaasthya Location: Malegaon, India Event: An Urban Poor Minority Community Leads Fight Against Childhood Pneumonia For the past five years, the small grant awardee Swaasthya has led a maternal and newborn health initiative in the slums of Malegaon, a small sized city in the state of Maharashtra, India....
Organization: Vaccine Network for Disease Control Location: Abuja, Nigeria Event: Festival: Fashion for Pneumonia To mark World Pneumonia Day 2011, the Vaccine Network for Disease Control organized an educational festival titled "Fashion for Pneumonia.” The aim of the event was to bring together influential stakeholders and individuals from various...
Organization: New Delhi Television Location: New Delhi, India Event: Clean Hands Save Lives An experienced team of independent journalists and filmmakers, led by Mohuya Chaudhuri, used World Pneumonia Day 2011 to raise awareness about pneumonia in the New Delhi community and disseminate simple prevention information to families and health...
Organization: Paediatric Association of Nigeria Location: Lagos, Nigeria Event: Film: The Face of Pneumonia in Nigeria The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) held a press conference on November 11th to raise awareness about the severity of childhood pneumonia. The press conference included a short documentary highlighting the challenges...
Organization: Save the Children, Liberia Location: Monrovia, Liberia Event: Film: Liberian Children Fight Against Pneumonia Save the Children, Liberia marked World Pneumonia Day by shooting a video documentary featuring mothers of children who died from pneumonia and interviews with local health care workers regarding the importance of pneumonia prevention....
Organization: Afro Global Alliance Location: Cape Coast, Ghana Event: Improving Community Response for Pneumonia Prevention and Management The Afro Global Alliance (AGA), together with its partners, the Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Stop TB Partnership Ghana, and key members of the media, hosted events for...
Organization: Abhinav Bharat Foundation Location: Lucknow, India Event: Documenting Community Voices on the Frontline of Fighting Childhood Pneumonia In 2008, a fifth of India’s deaths in children under age five were due to pneumonia. Yet, the country is still plagued by low breastfeeding rates, suboptimal immunization coverage, and limited...
Organization: Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan Location: Karachi, Pakistan Event: Awareness Campaign: Save the Children from Pneumonia Small grantee, Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan, used World Pneumonia Day 2011 to raise awareness among urban and rural communities concerning pneumonia prevention and timely recognition of its symptoms. Aga Khan Health Service...
Organization: University of Ibadan Location: Ibadan, Nigeria Event: Generating Political Will for Pneumonia Control Project With help from the World Pneumonia Day 2011 small grant award, the University of Ibadan, Department of Health Promotion and Education organized a Pneumonia Workshop for Oyo State legislators. The workshop served as...
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