Prevent pneumonia to lower infant mortality rate: India The Times Of India Pneumonia is the number one killer disease for young children in India and decreasing the pneumonia disease burden is the next big task for India after Polio. | In a developing country like India, young children below the age of 5 fall prey to pneumo...
How to prevent pneumonia in kids The Times Of India Globally, pneumonia accounts for 20% deaths among children below 5 years, making it the leading cause of death in the age group. According to the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), annually, India witnesses 45 million pneumonia cases among children ...
Kilifi Winning War Against Pneumonia All Africa [The Star]The war against pneumonia in Kilifi is bearing fruit,district public health officer Vincent Iduri has said. The rate of infections and deaths has drastically reduced in the district since the introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vacci...
Doctors endorse vaccine vs pneumonia Sun Star | DESPITE being a preventable and curable disease, some 2 million Filipinos die of pneumonia yearly with some 37 Filipinos succumbing to the disease every day. | Philippine Foundation Vaccination executive director Dr. Lulu Bravo said the disease con...
Evidence that respiratory exercises before heart surgery can prevent pneumonia PhysOrg | Preoperative therapy that includes muscle training, general exercise, and, especially, coughing and breathing exercises, can help heart patients recover faster and with fewer complications. | Lead study author, Erik Hulzebos, Ph.D., a clinical exer...
Pneumonia - Number One Killer of Children Under Five All Africa [Unicef]Maryland -Marking the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day, November 12th, world leaders and the Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia are calling for major efforts in the fight against childhood pneumonia, which remains the number one killer...
Plans to Curb Pneumonia Underway All Africa [Observer]As Uganda celebrated World Pneumonia day on Monday, the Malaria Consortium, an international health NGO, called for the scaling up of community-based interventions for child survival to reduce child deaths to preventable diseases like pneum...
Quarter of world's pneumonia child deaths in India The Times Of India KANPUR: Doctors of the Academy of Paediatrics advised locals to take extra care of their kids in the prevailing weather conditions and keep pneumonia at bay. They were speaking at a press conference on Pneumonia Day here on Monday and emphasised stre...
Govt Announces Free Pneumonia Vaccination All Africa [New Vision]The Government will next year start free vaccination against pneumonia, the biggest killer of children below the age of five worldwide. ...
'Pneumonia big threat for children' The Times Of India | HYDERABAD: Pneumonia is turning out to be the leading cause of mortality among children in the six month-five years age group due to lack of early vaccination, the Indian Academy of Paediatrics said on Monday, urging the World Health Organisation t...
World Pneumonia Day: UN and partners call for ending biggest killer of children United Nations | Print | 12 November 2012 – The United Nations and its partners today called for greater efforts to eradicate pneumonia, the number one killer of children under the age of five, as they marked the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day. | “We c...
Diagnosis Difficulties Behind Pneumonia Spread All Africa [IRIN]Bangui -In a bid to increase the low level of awareness of pneumonia in the Central African Republic (CAR), where the disease is the biggest killer of children under five, a wide-ranging media campaign has been launched. ...
Pneumonia remains the leading killer of children despite decline in global child deaths PhysOrg | "Pneumonia can be prevented and cured. Yet, for too long it has been the leading cause of global deaths among children. We know what to do, and we have made great progress – but we must do more. We must scale-up proven solutions and ensure they r...
Champions League the spur for Villas-Boas in derby Taipei Times | Andre Villas-Boas believes Tottenham Hotspur need to finish above Arsenal for the first time since 1995 to qualify for next season’s UEFA Champions League. The Spurs boss expects the title to be fought out between Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea, leaving the two capital clubs competing for the remaining place in the top four of t...
Baldwin reflects on the end of '30 Rock' and his new movie Kansas City Star | ORLANDO, Fla. - He's got one of the most famous voices in showbiz - a low, whispered growl that can be played for menace, or laughs. But as anybody who has caught Alec Baldwin on "30 Rock," "Saturday Night Live" or even "Inside the Actor's Studio" can attest, he's more than happy to hide that. A gifted mimic, he's taken down everybody from Richar...
