Creator/co-founder Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia, @sohnconf, World Pneumonia Day @pneumoniaday
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What’s the first thing you think of if someone asks what is the single biggest killer of children under 5? The real culprit is pneumonia which claims the lives of more than 800,000 children’s lives every year. #WorldPneumoniaDay
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#COVID19 has the world’s attention, but pneumonia and other vaccine-preventable illnesses kill millions of children each year. This #WorldPneumoniaDay we call on partners to use lessons learned in the pandemic response to help end these preventable deaths. bit.ly/2Iowhks
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On #WorldPneumoniaDay, @KevinAtSave joins global health organisations in calling on the global health community to strengthen primary health care and accelerate progress in preventing child #pneumonia deaths and infections.
Read: hubs.li/H0zMD7F0 via @TheLancet
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Between 2009-2019, an estimated ~570,000 deaths were averted with the PCV vaccine to protect children against pneumonia! Over 215 million children have been vaccinated with Gavi support and 82% Gavi-supported countries have introduced this life-saving vaccine! #WorldPneumoniaDay
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Pneumonia is the biggest infectious disease killer of children under 5. Since 2009, Gavi has helped immunise over 215 million children against this deadly disease. As #COVID19 puts pressure on health systems worldwide, we must protect these health gains. #WorldPneumoniaDay
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Lets not forget that still too many children, especially vulnerable and marginalized ones, die from this vaccine preventable disease every year !Together WE ALL can stop this! 👇🏻#WorldPneumoniaDay
On #WorldPneumoniaDay, nine global health organisations call on the global health community to take stock of key actions to strengthen primary health care & health information systems to accelerate progress to prevent child #pneumonia infections & deaths hubs.li/H0zMD7F0
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Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death of children worldwide, and now, with severe pneumonia the most common diagnosis complication of #COVID19, the pandemic is making things dramatically worse. Here’s a closer look at this urgent issue for #WorldPneumoniaDay
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REGISTER NOW! Nov 13 #WorldPneumoniaDay event 🫁: Maintaining Progress on Childhood Pneumonia in the COVID-19 Era
bit.ly/3e5Dcuy
Submit your questions❔🎙️ for panelists @findingpneumo @temite @senjutisaha @ChrfSaha @gavi @reporteracg when you register for the event!
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Did You Know? 15 countries account for ~70% of global pneumonia and diarrhea deaths in children under 5.
See how they are responding in a new report card from @IVACtweets @JohnsHopkinsIH.
#️⃣ #PDPR2020 #StopPneumonia
🔗 jhsph.edu/ivac/resources/pdp…
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#COVID19 creates opportunities to leverage efforts to increase diagnostic and treatment services for respiratory infections, including #pneumonia.
👉 bit.ly/2UkRAG1
#WorldPneumoniaDay
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While vaccines 💉are a vital part of prevention for #pneumonia, they need to be combined with:
🤱breastfeeding
🥕nutritious food
🏡a clean environment
Ensuring that families have access to health services and the right medicines is also essential.
#WorldPneumoniaDay
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Today is #WorldPneumoniaDay
#Pneumonia alone kills more than 800 000 children every year, accounting for 15% of all deaths of children under 5 years old. It’s the single largest infectious cause of death in children 🌍🌍
👉bit.ly/2X7sJWL
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Sleeping under an insecticide-treated bed net is the most common and most effective way to prevent malaria infection.
#WorldMalariaDay
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"I cannot help remembering the dingy little military hospital, the old cracked microscope, and the medicine bottles which constituted all the laboratory and apparatus which I possessed..."
Ronald Ross was awarded the #NobelPrize for his work on malaria.
#WorldMalariaDay
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The Nobel Prize has been awarded to at least 6 discoveries related to malaria.
The latest was to Tu Youyou who discovered artemisinin, a substance which inhibits the malaria parasite. She tested the medicine on herself: it now saves countless lives every year.
#WorldMalariaDay
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Today is #WorldMalariaDay – which draws attention to the devastating impact of malaria on families & communities.
Malaria kills 400,000 people every year, 67% being children, & risks are greater in the context of this #COVID19 pandemic. It must not be forgotten.
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5 facts about malaria:
1⃣Today is #WorldMalariaDay.
2⃣Malaria kills 400,000 people every year.
3⃣94% of deaths occur in the @WHO African Region.
4⃣Children under five years are the most vulnerable group, accounting for 67% of deaths.
5⃣We must achieve a malaria-free #Africa.
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Today is #WorldMalariaDay. Thank you to all those working across the globe to understand and control this devastating disease
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Malaria has shown that we must stay ahead of it to eliminate it. To #EndMalaria as an epidemic and fight emerging threats like #COVID19 we need to strengthen the systems for health that are critical to fighting both. #WorldMalariaDay #UniteToFight
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While the global community responds to the #COVID19 pandemic in the months ahead, it is vital we do not lose ground in the fight against #malaria. Learn more about life-saving interventions to prevent and control malaria this #WorldMalariaDay: bit.ly/2yIc4Ro
#EndMalaria
