The ambitious but achievable goal: to end preventable childhood deaths due to pneumonia by 2025
YAO Kai-Hu, YANG Yong-Hong
Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children and National Key Discipline of Pediatrics, Ministry of Education, Microbiological Laboratory in Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, China
Abstract：Globally, pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood mortality. Pneumonia is the second killer of children less than 5 years of age in China. The World Heath Organization and United Nations Children's Fund launched the integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD) in 2013. The ambitious goal is to end preventable childhood deaths due to pneumonia by 2025. Countries or regions should achieve the following goals: (1) reduce mortality from pneumonia in children less than 5 years of age to fewer than 3 per 1 000 live births; (2) reduce the incidence of severe pneumonia by 75% in children less than 5 years of age compared to 2010 levels. If the implementation of key interventions is accelerated, the mortality rate of childhood pneumonia will drop substantially every year, which makes the goal achievable.
YAO Kai-Hu,YANG Yong-Hong. The ambitious but achievable goal: to end preventable childhood deaths due to pneumonia by 2025[J]. CJCP, 2014, 16(10): 967-969.
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