By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Published: September 14, 2009 "A new study, published last week in the British journal Lancet, showed that invasive bacteria were an important cause of those children’s deaths and that many of the bacteria were the same kinds that affect children in wealthy...
All Africa- September 11, 2009 "Data from the study show that in 2000, there were an estimated 14.5 million cases of pneumococcal disease worldwide, and 826,000 children under 5 years of age died of the disease. Of the 14.5 million pneumococcal cases, 95% were attributable...
By Maggie Fox Reuters - September 10, 2009 "More than a million children die every year from two pneumonia-causing diseases easily prevented with vaccines, researchers reported on Thursday. Each year 1.2 million children under age 5 die from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae B or Hib, they...
September 11, 2009 "New World Health Organization data to be published in this week's edition of The Lancet will shed new light on two leading causes of pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children under age 5, both globally and within specific countries. The results, which...
Citing Urgency, Diverse Alliance Unites to Prevent the Leading Killer of Children Worldwide July 15, 2009 "Representatives from major health and humanitarian relief organizations are coming together to coordinate outreach efforts for the first-ever World Pneumonia Day on November 2, 2009. The growing coalition, which now encompasses...
By Nicholas D. Kristof The New York Times - May 10, 2009 "...
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By Alice Wyllie The Scotsman - April 28, 2009 "IF YOU were asked to name the biggest global killer of children under five, what might you say? Aids? Malaria? Tuberculosis? There is in fact, one disease that kills more children than the "big three" put together...
By Dr Tareq Salahuddin Star Health - April 18, 2009 "Pneumonia has been overshadowed as a priority on the global health agenda, and rarely receives coverage in news media. World Pneumonia Day will help bring this health crisis to the public’s attention and will encourage policy makers...
By HT Live Correspondent Hindustan Times ePaper - April 10, 2009 "Four Child health groups, Save the Children, PneumoADIP, About Hedge Funds vs Malaria and Pneumonia, the GAVI Alliance announce the annual World Pneumonia Day on November 2, 2009...
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