November 12: World Pneumonia Day

Every year, World Pneumonia Day is celebrated on November 12 by World Health Organization, UNICEF and several other international organizations. Key Highlights The first World Pneumonia Day was marked in 2019 by Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia. GAPP The Global Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia called GAPP was released by WHO and ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs

Topics: Global Coalition Against Pneumonia • Pneumonia • Sustainable Development Goals • UNICEF • World Health Orgabnization • World Pneumonia Day

World Pneumonia Day: 12 November

On 12 November, the world observes World Pneumonia Day. World Pneumonia Day is being marked every year since 2009. The day was hosted by the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia for the first time in 2009. This year the theme for World Pneumonia Day is “healthy lungs for all” to raise awareness, promote prevention and ..

Topics: Child mortality • Global Coalition Against Pneumonia • Global health • Health • Pneumonia • Public health • UNICEF • World Pneumonia Day

2018 World Pneumonia Day (WPD)

The World Pneumonia Day (WPD) is observed every year on 12th of November to promote interventions to protect against, prevent, and treat pneumonia and to highlight proven approaches and solutions in need of additional resources and attention. Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of deaths in children under five years old despite being easily ..

Topics: Branches of biology • Global Coalition Against Pneumonia • Medical specialties • Medicine • Pneumonia • RTT • Vaccination • Vaccine • World Pneumonia Day