tailieunhanh - Pneumonia and diarrhoea Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world’s poorest children

Nigeria’s Leaders Prioritize Prevention The First Lady of Cross River State, Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke, is a public health crusader who is profoundly dedicated to reducing child pneumonia deaths in Nigeria — the country with the highest child pneumonia burden in Africa. She created the Breath of Life health initiative that works within communities to promote pneumonia prevention. On World Pneumonia Day, Breath of Life, the First Lady and other dignitaries led an energetic advocacy walk to educate parents about child pneumonia in the local government area (LGA) of Bekwarra. The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Women's Affairs, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and NGOs partnered with Breath of Life to provide free vaccination, screening and treatment for 1,000. | Pneumonia and diarrhoea Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world s poorest children United Nations Children s Fund UNICEF June 2012 Permission is required to reproduce any part of this publication. Permission will be freely granted to educational or non-profit organizations. Others will be requested to pay a small fee. Please contact Statistics and Monitoring Section - Division of Policy and Strategy UNICEF Three United Nations Plaza New York NY 10017 USA Tel Fax This report will be available at publications . For latest data please visit . ISBN 978-92-806-4643-6 Photo credits cover UNICEF NYHQ2010-2803crop Olivier Asselin page vi UNICEF NYHQ2004-1392 Shehzad Noorani page 6 UNICEF INDA2012-00023 Enrico Fabian page 12 UNICeF NYHQ2011-0796 Marco Dormino page 19 UNICEF UGDA01253 Chulho Hyun page 23 UNICEF SRLA2011-0199 Olivier Asselin page 25 UNICEF MLIA2010-00637 olivier Asselin page 29 UNICEF NvHQ2006-0949 Shehzad Noorani page 31 UNICEF NYHQ2010-1593 Pierre Holtz page 34 UNICEF INDA2010-00170 Graham Crouch page 36 UNICEF INDA2010-00190 Graham Crouch page 37 UNICEF NYHQ2010-3046 Giacomo Pirozzi page 40 UNICEF NYHQ2012-0156 Nyani Quaryme. Pneumonia and diarrhoea Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world s poorest children .