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Pneumonia is responsible for nearly 20 percent of child deaths globally.
Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010
•Almost 1.6 million deaths from pneumonia occur
annually in children under five, about one-fifth of all
pediatric deaths around the world (based on 8.8 million
pediatric deaths from all causes in 2008). By contrast,
732,000 children die from malaria and 200,000 from
HIV/AIDS each year.
Global Impact
•Every year, an estimated 156 million new cases of pneumonia
occur, 97 percent of them in the developing world. Seventy-four
percent of those cases occur in just 15 countries, mostly in South
Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, with 43 million cases in India alone.
•Improved living standards and access to antibiotics transformed
the trajectory of pneumonia in the developed world during the
20th century. In the United States, pneumonia-related deaths
among children fell by 97 percent between 1939 and 1996.
Global Impact
Actions That Make a Difference
•Breastfeeding plays a key role in preventing
pneumonia, providing proteins, enzymes, and other
cells with immunological properties, as well as all the
nutrients an infant needs.
Actions That Make a Difference
•Access to antibiotics and vaccines should be scaled up.
Treating all children who need them with antibiotics could
cure most cases of bacterial pneumonia and save as many
as 600,000 lives every year. Children in countries that do
not have access to the Streptococcus pneumoniae and
Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines are 40 times more
likely to die than those living in countries that administer
the vaccines routinely.
Actions That Make a Difference
•Prompt treatment of pneumonia is imperative. As
many as 20 percent of infected children will die if they
are left untreated, sometimes within three days after
symptoms first appear. Adequate oxygen systems
reduce mortality, but they are overlooked by the global
health community as a key component of care.
Actions That Make a Difference
•Caregivers need to be educated about pneumonia. In the
developing world about 20 percent of caregivers recognize
its symptoms, and only about 54 percent respond to those
symptoms by taking the child to a health care provider.
•WHO says that a combination of vaccines, standard case
management, and breastfeeding counseling could prevent
5.3 million pneumonia deaths over five years.
The burden of pneumonia in the developing world
is nearly ten times that of the developed world.
Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010
The lower a country’s income, the more child deaths from pneumonia.
Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010
World Bank Income Group (2004)
Deaths from childhood pneumonia can be
dramatically reduced with a package of proven
interventions.
Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010
Projected Lives Saved with Proven Pneumonia Interventions among “Countdown to 2015”Countries
Half the severe cases of pneumonia among children in developing
countries are caused by pathogens that can be stopped by vaccines.
Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010
Pathogens That Cause Pneumonia
Pneumonia is responsible for almost 1.6 million deaths a year in
children under five.
Source: ARIAtlas.org, World Lung Foundation 2010