UN Says It Needs $39 Billion To Fight The Leading Killer Of Children: Pneumonia (AP) LONDON (AP) - On the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF are releasing a global plan aiming to save... [read full story]
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By Chryso D'Angelo UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2 (IPS) - But in developing countries, it is estimated that only one in five children with pneumonia receives antibiotic treatment," said Mary Beth Powers, chief of Save the Children's...
Today, Nov. 2, 2009 marks the first-ever World Pneumonia Day . Pneumonia remains one of the largest killers in developing world -- claiming more victims than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined. Pneumonia kills more than two...
Today is World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia is the #1 killer of children under 5, which is sort of scary. Save the Children are taking this opportunity to use social media to help raise awareness. New Media Strategies and JESS3...
To fight pneumonia, the world's top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion over the next six years. On the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF are...
There's a lot of debate among parents in the US about the H1N1 vaccine. However, what if H1N1 was the leading killer of children, responsible for one out of every five childhood deaths in the United States? The fact is, in the...
NEW YORK, USA, 2 November 2009 – More children die every day of pneumonia than of any other disease. Today, UNICEF and the World Health Organization released a comprehensive plan to save millions of lives from this often fatal...
Nov 2, 2009 9:04 AM (7 hrs ago) By MARIA CHENG, AP » 7 hrs ago: UN: $39 billion needed for pneumonia « This story is ranked # 1,755 of 3,050 Related Topics: To fight pneumonia, the world's top killer of children, United Nations...
On Monday, the UN released an outlined plan that would cost $39 billion to save 5.3 million children from dying of pneumonia worldwide.“Pneumonia is the leading cause of under age five mortality, killing more than 4,000...
WESTPORT, CT -- (Marketwire) -- 11/02/09 -- On the first-annual World Pneumonia Day today, the global humanitarian organization Save the Children launched a special online quiz game, Mission: Pneumonia :...
On the first-annual World Pneumonia Day today, the global humanitarian organization Save the Children launched a special online quiz game, Mission: Pneumonia, to help people get the facts about childhood pneumonia. Pneumonia, a...
