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2. Pneumonia is preventable and treatable, yet remains the leading cause of infectious death in children under 5 worldwide.
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3. That’s more than 2,400 young lives per day.
Pneumonia is the #1 infectious killer of children under age 5 globally, killing an estimated 879,000 children in 2016.
That’s more than 2,400 young lives per day.
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UNICEF. (2016). Estimates of child cause of death, acute respiratory infection. Data as of June Retrieved from
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4. World Pneumonia Day is an opportunity to take action on behalf of all the world’s children.
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5. Today, we celebrate our 10th World Pneumonia Day
Today, we celebrate our 10th World Pneumonia Day. This year, pneumonia will claim the lives of over half a million fewer children than it did each year when we first recognized World Pneumonia Day.
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6. People of any age, in any country, are at risk of contracting pneumonia, but
the vast majority
of all childhood
deaths from
pneumonia occur in
poor countries.
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7. In addition to causing substantial child mortality, pneumonia also pushes many families into poverty.
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8. Access to clean
water, sanitation and handwashing with soap help prevent exposure to pathogens that
cause pneumonia. 

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9. In the last three decades, millions of children’s lives have been saved thanks to access to vaccines, antibiotics, and oxygen.
Each day, 1,000 fewer children died from pneumonia in 2016 than they did in 2009.
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10. Investing in pneumonia interventions can directly help us achieve multiple SDGs: SDG 3 – Good health and well-being, SDG 1 – No poverty, and SDG 10 – No inequalities.
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11. Girls in South Asia are 43% more likely to die from pneumonia than are boys.
#StopPneumonia
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12. For children who acquire pneumonia in developing countries, 70% of deaths could be prevented with appropriate antibiotic treatment that costs $0.40 for a course of treatment.
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13. Life-saving pneumonia vaccination and treatments exist; however, inequitable distribution keeps some groups disproportionately vulnerable.
We must invest in interventions that prioritize the at-risk and underserved populations.
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14. Pneumococcal and Hib vaccines can prevent nearly a million deaths that would occur in the poorest 40% of the low- and middle- income country population.
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15. Researchers found that in low- and middle-income countries, administering the Hib and pneumococcal vaccines can prevent over 1.25 million cases of poverty over 15 years.
Chang AY et.a.al 2018 Health Affairs
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16. Globally, more than 50% of pneumonia deaths among children under 5 are linked to household air pollution.
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WHO. (2016). Household air pollution and health. Retrieved from
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17. Insufficient breastfeeding can leave children undernourished and at an increased risk of pneumonia. Breastfeeding can prevent about one third of all respiratory infections and over half of all hospitalizations from respiratory infections.
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WHO/UNICEF. (2013). Ending Preventable Child Deaths from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea by The Integrated Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD). Retrieved from
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18. Only with equitable access to comprehensive pneumonia prevention
will we be able to end preventable child deaths.
Learn more in our 2018 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report, found at:
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19. the leading cause of child illness
Where do we go from here?
How to #StopPneumonia,
the leading cause of child illness
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20. the leading cause of child illness
Where do we go from here?
How to #StopPneumonia,
the leading cause of child illness
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