Includes statistics about deaths caused by pneumonia, which claims more than 1.5 million children every year — or one child every 20 seconds. Read more....
Includes information about what causes pneumonia, who is most at-risk, and methods of diagnosing and preventing it. Read more...
Pneumonia is a deadly disease, especially for children in developing countries. Read more...
By Sam Nkurunziza for United for Children - September 27, 2010 It has been a little over a year since Rwanda introduced a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine known as PCV7. The vaccine protects children against one of the most common causes of pneumonia – with encouraging results. In...
By Talea Miller for PBS The Rundown - September 14, 2010 Pneumococcal disease is one of the leading causes of death for children around the world, killing more than 800,000 children younger than 5 every year, according to the World Health Organization. "This is the biggest killer...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (August 13 2010) — Save the Children joined with the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan for the Prevention and control of Pneumonia (GAPP) and GlaxoSmithKline to call for further action on reducing death and suffering due to childhood pneumonia. Coinciding with...
By EurekAlert - July 22, 2010 A Johns Hopkins University scientist, whose team of researchers recently identified pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria as the primary causes of death of 6 million of the world's poorest children, today called on leaders in donor and developing nations to take...
By the Baltimore Sun - July 21, 2010 This week, Baltimore is privileged to host an international conference sponsored by the preeminent global immunization advocacy organization, the GAVI Alliance. Launched in 2000 at the star-studded gathering of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the GAVI...
By the Baltimore Sun - July 21, 2010 Maryland's infant mortality rate dropped to its lowest point in 2009, according to preliminary statistics, but state public health officials say there is still need for improvement. "We are so pleased this is showing positive progress," said Frances Phillips,...
After years of underachievement in child health, a major urban center has ramped up its immunization program so that vaccination rates are now on par with the rest of the state and the nation. To achieve this, vans have been used as mobile clinics in...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
