#StopPneumonia #EveryBreathCounts World Pneumonia Day / Wereld Longontstekingsdag 2025
november 12
World Pneumonia Day (12 November) provides an annual forum for the world in the fight against pneumonia, more than 100 organizations representing the interests of children joined forces as the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia to hold the first World Pneumonia Day on 12 November 2009.
The fight to reduce deaths from the single, biggest infectious killer of adults and children has never been more urgent. In 2023, pneumonia claimed the lives of 2.5 million, including 610,000 children under five, according to the Global Burden of Disease. With aging populations, urbanization, and air pollution increasing the burden of respiratory infections, and the risk of another COVID-like pandemic high, there is a pneumonia crisis across the life course killing millions now and placing many more at risk of death when the next pandemic strikes. Tragically, it is the very young and the very old who are at greatest risk. Children living in areas with low vaccination rates and malnutrition, and in homes that use polluting fuels for cooking and heating, are particularly vulnerable. Sixty percent of all child pneumonia deaths are attributable to malnutrition. Older adults exposed to outdoor air pollution – most significantly from burning fossil fuels – and smoking are also at risk. More than one in four pneumonia deaths among adults aged over 70 are attributable to air pollution and smoking. To focus the world’s attention on vital issues, each year Every Breath Counts Coalition members vote on a theme. Child Survival is the theme for World Pneumonia Day 2025 in recognition that pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of child death. Many countries will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goal for child survival without ensuring that all of their children are protected from pneumonia with good nutrition, clean air, vaccination, and access to speedy diagnosis and treatment, including with antibiotics and oxygen if necessary.
World Pneumonia Day (12 November) provides an annual forum for the world in the fight against pneumonia, more than 100 organizations representing the interests of children joined forces as the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia to hold the first World Pneumonia Day on 12 November 2009.
The fight to reduce deaths from the single, biggest infectious killer of adults and children has never been more urgent. In 2023, pneumonia claimed the lives of 2.5 million, including 610,000 children under five, according to the Global Burden of Disease. With aging populations, urbanization, and air pollution increasing the burden of respiratory infections, and the risk of another COVID-like pandemic high, there is a pneumonia crisis across the life course killing millions now and placing many more at risk of death when the next pandemic strikes. Tragically, it is the very young and the very old who are at greatest risk. Children living in areas with low vaccination rates and malnutrition, and in homes that use polluting fuels for cooking and heating, are particularly vulnerable. Sixty percent of all child pneumonia deaths are attributable to malnutrition. Older adults exposed to outdoor air pollution – most significantly from burning fossil fuels – and smoking are also at risk. More than one in four pneumonia deaths among adults aged over 70 are attributable to air pollution and smoking. To focus the world’s attention on vital issues, each year Every Breath Counts Coalition members vote on a theme. Child Survival is the theme for World Pneumonia Day 2025 in recognition that pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of child death. Many countries will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goal for child survival without ensuring that all of their children are protected from pneumonia with good nutrition, clean air, vaccination, and access to speedy diagnosis and treatment, including with antibiotics and oxygen if necessary.
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World Pneumonia Day 12 November
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