Resources
Pneumonia Facts: The World
Pneumonia is a deadly disease, especially for children in developing countries. Read more...
Pneumonia: The Disease
Includes information about what causes pneumonia, who is most at-risk, and methods of diagnosing and preventing it. Read more
Pneumonia: The Toll
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.
Pneumonia: The Solution
Includes facts about how to prevent and treat pneumonia. The most serious cases of pneumonia usually require antibiotics, which cost less than $1 per dose. Read more.
Pneumonia: Protect
Methods to protect against pneumonia include breastfeeding, adequate nutrition, handwashing and reducing low birth weights and indoor air pollution. Read more.
Pneumonia: Prevent
Methods for prevent pneumonia include vaccines for pneumonia itself and diseases such as measles and pertussis, and zinc supplementation. Read more.
Pneumonia: Treat
When pneumonia strikes, treatment is key. Includes information about treatment methods such as case management, diagnosis techniques, antibiotics and oxygen therapy. Read more.
Pneumonia Facts: Nigeria
There are an estimated 56 million episodes of lung infections among Nigerian children every year. This fact sheet includes information about treatment and prevention efforts in Nigeria. Read more.
World Pneumonia Day logos
Download a .zip file of different sized World Pneumonia Day logos for your event. Download.
Global Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia
The Global Action Plan for the prevention and control of Pneumonia (GAPP) includes recommendations on what needs to be done, specific goals and targets, and estimates of what it will cost and how many lives will be saved. Its aim is to increase awareness of pneumonia as a major cause of child deaths, and it calls on global and national policy-makers, donor agencies and civil society to take immediate action to implement the plan. Read more.
World Pneumonia Day Events 2009 report
Despite advances in prevention with new vaccines and treatment with effective, low-cost antibiotics, pneumonia continues to claim the lives of countless children throughout the developing world. The first annual World Pneumonia Day in 2009 provided an opportunity for countries most affected by pneumonia to engage in key advocacy efforts with policymakers and the public. WPD efforts simultaneously sought to increase awareness in donor countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and the European Parliament.
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2010 World Pneumonia Day Annual Report
Discover and learn about the latest efforts by the Global Goalition to fight childhood pneumonia in the newly released 2010 Annual World Pneumonia Day Report! Read more...
World Pneumonia Day Small Grants Report
Learn more about what leaders around the world are doing with small grants to support World Pneumonia Day 2010! Read more...
Learn More From Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Vaccine Experts
Dr. Orin Levine
On World Pneumonia Day and the importance of raising awareness:
On the promise of new vaccines in Kenya and beyond:
Dr. Daniel Feiken
On the causes of pneumonia and the toll of the disease:
Dr. Cynthia Whitney
On the impact of the pneumococcal vaccines and importance of vaccination: