Save A Village, Learn About World Pneumonia Day

Published October 30, 2009 @ 01:56PM PT

Want to learn about Pneumonia? Well it's World Pneumonia Day on Monday, so whether you want to or not, you should: Every fifteen seconds a child dies of pneumonia. In global health terms it doesn't receive the sort of status it deserves — it is not enough of a priority on the global health agenda.

Go and learn about pneumonia with Save the Children's game and interactive quiz — work your way around the map learning about pneumonia and help 'cure' each village. After completing each quiz Save the Children explain the work they're doing to help fight pneumonia. Here's some of what I learned: Pneumonia effects children all around the world, those infected with HIV are more susceptible, with poor nutrition also contributing to the disease. Good hygiene can help prevent pneumonia, but most frightening is that pneumonia kills more children than Aids, malaria and measles combined. Save The Children set up the game to raise awareness by testing your awareness, and helping you learn too.

Pneumonia is the "forgotten killer," and a million deaths a year could be prevented if more children received existing vaccinations. Don't take my word for it: Go and play the game and find out for yourself, or jump straight into the success stories, with Save The Children's contribution saving hundreds of thousands of lives.

Photo credit: Save The Children

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Go to www.worldpneumoniaday.org to see what is happening all over the world on November 2nd. Watch the Global Pneumonia Summit taking place in New York City live on this site and don't forget to wear blue jeans! Click on the link to find out why.

Posted by GAVI Alliance Immunize Every Child on 11/01/2009 @ 06:10PM PT
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Wear blue jeans for World Pneumonia Day http://best-shot.org/act/blue-jeans-day/

Better still, reach into one of your pockets, pull out $20 and gift it to the GAVI Alliance to buy vaccines that will protect 1 child from the 2 deadliest strains of pneumonia for life. http://everychild.gavialliance.org

It will be the best $20 you spend in November!

Posted by Leith Greenslade on 11/01/2009 @ 06:14PM PT
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