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...
By the Daily Independent - June 30, 2010 Led by the Nigeria's First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, some of the most reported women in West African sub-region gathered in Abuja for the second edition of the West African Women Leadership Conference (WAWLC) from June 17 to...
We, the Leaders of the Group of Eight, met in Muskoka on June 25-26, 2010. Our annual summit takes place as the world begins a fragile recovery from the greatest economic crisis in generations. Effectiveness: It is critical to maximize the impact of all investments in...
Could getting rid of a case of wine help get rid of cases of pneumonia? This is the idea that came to me last week when New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov started his column with the following joke: What's the difference between a...
We all have a role to play in ending pneumonia deaths by 2030
