World Pneumonia Day

First-Ever World Pneumonia Day: How You Can Fight This Curable Killer

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Impact


Today, Nov. 2, 2009 marks the first-ever World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia remains one of the largest killers in developing world-- claiming more victims...

Pneumonia: Why Do We Let It Get Away With This Much?

Karl Hofmann | Posted 11.12.2009 | World


Karl Hofmann

Did you know there was a "World Pneumonia Day"? It may not sound very exciting, but the toll this treatable disease takes on children around the world should make you sit up and take note.

Are You Smarter than the World's Global Health Donors?

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


Dr. Orin Levine

Pneumonia is so poorly recognized that New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof called it "The killer no one suspects" and UNICEF dubbed it "the forgotten killer of children."