By Dr Abu Sayeed Shimul and Dr Tareq Salahuddin The Daily Star- October 31, 2009 "“The objective to mark the World Pneumonia Day is to reduce the gap in the availability of vaccines and other treatment supports between developed and developing countries. Policy makers should consider preventive...
October 30th, 2009 "A Comment in this week’s edition of The Lancet highlights the first ever World Pneumonia day, and the forthcoming strategy of WHO and UNICEF to tackle this forgotten killer of children. The Comment is written by Dr Bill Frist,Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA,...
By Celia W Dugger New York Times-October 29, 2009 "All the attention has gone to more glamorous diseases, but this basic thing has been left behind,” said Mickey Chopra, chief of health at Unicef, which is trying to put diarrhea back on the global health agenda. “It’s...
By United News of India NewKerala.com - October 29, 2009 "To focus on the killer pneumonia which claims lives of 410,000 children every year in India, Health advocates from across the country would launch a campaign against the disease on the World Pneumonia Day on November 2....
By Julie M. Aurelio Philippine Daily Inquirer-October 29, 2009 "Health professionals on Wednesday called on government to offer free anti-pneumonia vaccines to children to pull the country out of the list of the top 10 countries with the highest child pneumonia cases. “If only we can include this...
by Rena Pacheco-Theard One Blog- October 28, 2009 "...
By Our Bureau, Bangalore Pharmbiz.com- October 28, 2009 "Global Coalition against Pneumonia representing over 50 child health organizations from all over the world will observe November 2 as the first World Pneumonia Day...
October 26, 2009 " Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia is proud to announce that at least twenty hedge funds are participating in the Hedge Funds Wear Blue Jeans World Pneumonia Day event. These hedge funds are encouraging their colleagues to wear blue jeans to work...
October 26, 2009 " Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia is proud to announce that at least twenty hedge funds are participating in the Hedge Funds Wear Blue Jeans World Pneumonia Day event. These hedge funds are encouraging their colleagues to wear blue jeans to work...
Posted by Loulith Galenzoga Zikkir- October 21,2009 "A study published in The Cochrane Review this month concludes that pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV), already known to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and x-ray defined pneumonia, was also effective against child deaths...
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