‘Bring life to those fighting for breath’, UNICEF urges on World Pneumonia Day

Nov 13, 2020, at 03:52 pm

New York: Pneumonia is not a new emergency, it takes the lives of some 800,000 children each year, but this year’s COVID-19 pandemic makes it even more critical to stop the deadly infection, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday.

Stepped-up efforts needed to combat pneumonia; save nearly nine million children’s lives

Jan 30, 2020, at 09:09 am

New York/IBNS: Scaling up pneumonia-related interventions could save the lives of nearly nine million children during the course of the next decade, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Wednesday.

Hospitals in Hong Kong report 21 Wuhan-related pneumonia cases: Authority

Jan 06, 2020, at 05:59 pm

Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Public hospitals in Hong Kong have identified 21 cases suspected to be related to the recent pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan in Central China, the city’s Hospital Authority said in a statement on Monday.

Antimicrobial therapy can prevent sepsis in pneumonia patients: Study

Apr 17, 2018, at 11:29 pm

London, Apr 17 (IBNS): Antimicrobial therapy targeting specific cells in the immune system could prevent sepsis and life-threatening disease in people suffering from pneumonia, new research led by Leicester scientists has shown.

This World Pneumonia Day, the Indian Academy of Pediatrics calls for “No More Pneumonia”

Nov 10, 2017, at 11:49 pm

Kolkata, Nov 10 (IBNS): This year on World Pneumonia Day, November 12, experts from the Indian Academy of Pediatrics are stressing on the importance of preventing pneumonia, one of the leading causes of death amongst children under 5 years of age in the country.