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WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
November 12 |
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Description |
- This day is observed on November 12 every year to:
- Raise awareness about pneumonia, the world’s leading
killer of children under the age of five;
- Promote interventions to protect against, prevent
and treat pneumonia; and
- Generate action to combat pneumonia. Pneumonia is
the leading infectious killer of children under five
years old.
- In 2015 alone, more than 900,000 children reportedly
died from this preventable and treatable illness, accounting
for 16% of under-five child mortality worldwide, 3% of which
are newborns.
- Pneumonia and diarrhea are the leading causes of death
in West and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa and
South Asia.
- Children in poor and rural communities are most
affected.
- Regular hand washing and access to clean water and
sanitation protect children against pathogens that cause
pneumonia, diarrhea, and other diseases.
- Eliminating household air pollution, especially smoke
from unsafe cookstoves, reduces the risk of severe pneumonia
in children.
- Pneumonia is one of the most solvable problems in global
health and yet a child dies from the infection every 20
seconds.
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