Leading organizations join forces to launch first annual World Pneumonia Day

WHO and UNICEF release global action plan to combat pneumonia as part of historic effort

		IMAGE: The Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia and the World Pneumonia Day coalition was established in April 2009. It seeks to bring focus on pneumonia as a public health issue and... Click here for more information.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nearly 100 leading global health organizations from around the world joined forces to recognize the first-annual World Pneumonia Day on November 2 and urge governments to take steps to fight pneumonia, the world's leading killer of young children. The first steps in this fight are outlined in the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia, released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.