End childhood pneumonia deaths
Pneumonia is the world's leading infectious killer of children, claiming the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five every year, more than 2,000 every day.
FIGHTING FOR BREATH CALL TO ACTION
End childhood pneumonia deaths
Childhood pnuemonia deaths are a shocking demonstration of pervasive health inequities disproportionately affecting the most deprived and marginalised children in low- and middle income countries.
It represents a violation of children’s right to survival and development, as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Yet pneumonia has been largely forgotten on global and national health agendas. We can and must change this.
Country briefings
Please click below on any of the country names below to download the relevant briefing.
Bangladesh
DRC (English)
DRC (French)
Ethiopia
Indonesia
India
Kenya
Nigeria
Somalia
South Sudan
