Despite global progress in fighting some of the deadliest diseases, including AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, progress in combating one common infection — pneumonia — has been much slower. Even with the tools and resources we must defeat it: pneumonia remains the leading infectious killer of...
What proportion of children with symptoms of pneumonia are taken to an appropriate health provider? Just 55 % of children with suspected pneumonia are taken to a health facility in the 60 countries where 97% of child pneumonia deaths are occurring. In countries, such as Somalia,...
In 2009, a diverse group of committed doctors, advocates, academics, UN officials and business people came together to change the way the world responded to pneumonia - the “forgotten killer of children”.[1] When they launched the first World Pneumonia Day in November, pneumonia was killing...
In early 2015, Nepal became one of the first countries in Southeast Asia to introduce pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) nationwide. But the path to this pioneering decision was long and often uncertain. We now know that Nepal, like much of Southeast Asia, bears a significant burden...
I am a technical director in external supply for Consumer Healthcare and have been at GSK for 13 years. I’m passionate about making a difference in the world and giving back to society, which is a foundation of my family’s beliefs. It was this ethic...
In a rural town in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, Wondu has again been admitted to Woreta Health Center. Wondu has been in and out of the center more than a dozen times already and he isn’t even two. His parents thought he was just...
New partner content from JustActions shows why continued neglect of pneumonia threatens the achievement of health goals. See the full report here and the main messages. There have been several excellent reports about pneumonia in recent years. What is different about this one is that it uses...
Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report: 2018 A new report finds health systems are falling woefully short of ensuring the most vulnerable children have sufficient access to prevention and treatment services in 15 countries that account for 70% of global pneumonia and diarrhea deaths in children under...
[caption id="attachment_11263" align="alignleft" width="568"] Vaccines can be an important entry point for children and families to the rest of the primary healthcare system Image: REUTERS/Nicky Loh[/caption] By Keith Klugman When I completed my medical degree in South Africa in 1981, the country had one of the highest...
This is a social media toolkit for the Devex article 10 signs we’re winning the fight against pneumococcal disease, by Maria Deloria Knoll, PhD. Dr. Knoll is a senior scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also serves as the associate director of science...
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