2 November 2009 (IRIN) Health organizations have joined forces to launch the first World Pneumonia Day, urging governments, donors and civil society to act to prevent and treat the world’s leading child killer. Read more...
World Pneumonia Day hopes to raise awareness of the disease, which kills every 15 seconds. CNN's Ralitsa Vassileva reports. Watch video ...
November 2nd, 2009 "Cerca de 100 organizaciones líderes en salud global de todo el mundo, entre las que se encuentra el CRESIB y el Hospital Clínic, han sumado esfuerzos para que se reconozca el Día Mundial de la Neumonía, que se celebra hoy por vez primera...
By Orin Levine Huffington Post- November 1st, 2009 "After years as the forgotten killer of children, pneumonia is finally going to have its day. Literally. Monday November 2nd is the first ever World Pneumonia Day and by all appearances this could be the tipping point...
November 1st, 2009 "Nearly 100 leading global health organizations from around the world joined forces today to recognize the first-annual World Pneumonia Day and urge governments to take steps to fight pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of young children...
Times of India-November 1st, 2009 "If you want to keep pneumonia (common respiratory disease) at bay, make efforts to strengthen your immunity and resistance power to fight the disease, believe health experts as they prepare for the World Pneumonia Day, to be observed on Monday...
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....
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