World Pneumonia Day - resources and news roundup

Malaria Consortium produced a range of outputs and news for World Pneumonia Day 2015. Please see below for a list of our activities:

News

• World's first pneumonia innovations summit unveils next generation prevention, diagnostic and treatment innovations

Blogs

• South Sudan: Field evaluation for pneumonia diagnostic tools kicks off in South Sudan
• Uganda: Laying the groundwork for a successful field evaluation of the pneumonia diagnostics project
• Cambodia: Helping Reduce Child Pneumonia Deaths in Cambodian Rural Communities
• American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference: Presenting our pneumonia diagnostics work at the annual ASTMH meeting

Infographic

• Pneumonia at a glance

Films

• The Pneumonia Diagnostics Project: improving pneumonia diagnosis in the community
• Breathing away: the impact of pneumonia
• How Uganda tackles pneumonia, the world's #1 infectious killer

 External platforms

• Huffington Post: Breathing Away: Bringing Down Child Deaths From Pneumonia (also shared on Impatient Optimists Blog and World Economic Forum)
• Medical News Today: Encouraging results as Sahel governments collaborate to prevent malaria in children under five

Keywords: Advocacy and policy | Diagnosis