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Today, 22:09 tsn.uaVOOZ and UNICEF announced
introduction of a new plan to fight
child mortality
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and WHO (World Health Organization) said that more than 5 million children could be saved for six years, subject to approval by all countries with a comprehensive plan for solving the problem of pneumonia.
According to the head of the UNICEF Veronica Vashchenko.
Comprehensive plan, called the Global Plan of Action to prevent and control pneumonia (HPDP), officially presented as a joint campaign between the two organizations at a global summit on November 2 of pneumonia in New York.
"Pneumonia is the leading cause of child mortality under five years, which kills more than 4 thousand children every day" - said UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman. "Effective action to reduce deaths from pneumonia, have implemented more widely and be as accessible to children who are at risk of disease" - she added.
According to WHO Director General Margaret Chan, "This action plan includes strategies to prevent and control pneumonia, which now kills more children than any other disease. We know that this strategy works. Applying it to all countries where acute pneumonia problem, we can save millions of lives. "
Global Action Plan to prevent and control pneumonia (HPDP) includes recommendations for appropriate action, raises special mission and objectives and evaluates the cost of measures and the number of lives saved. The cost of application of the new plan HPDP in 68 countries with the highest proliferation of pneumonia for the period from 2009 to 2015 is 39 billion dollars.
http://novynar.com.ua/world/89247
introduction of a new plan to fight
child mortality
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and WHO (World Health Organization) said that more than 5 million children could be saved for six years, subject to approval by all countries with a comprehensive plan for solving the problem of pneumonia.
According to the head of the UNICEF Veronica Vashchenko.
Comprehensive plan, called the Global Plan of Action to prevent and control pneumonia (HPDP), officially presented as a joint campaign between the two organizations at a global summit on November 2 of pneumonia in New York.
"Pneumonia is the leading cause of child mortality under five years, which kills more than 4 thousand children every day" - said UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman. "Effective action to reduce deaths from pneumonia, have implemented more widely and be as accessible to children who are at risk of disease" - she added.
According to WHO Director General Margaret Chan, "This action plan includes strategies to prevent and control pneumonia, which now kills more children than any other disease. We know that this strategy works. Applying it to all countries where acute pneumonia problem, we can save millions of lives. "
Global Action Plan to prevent and control pneumonia (HPDP) includes recommendations for appropriate action, raises special mission and objectives and evaluates the cost of measures and the number of lives saved. The cost of application of the new plan HPDP in 68 countries with the highest proliferation of pneumonia for the period from 2009 to 2015 is 39 billion dollars.
http://novynar.com.ua/world/89247
