Pneumonia and diarrhoea are the leading killers of children under five and claim 2 million lives each year. In Bangaldesh, a girl cradles her newborn sister while her mother Masamat Noorjehan Begum lies in bed follow post-birth complications. She recovered but her infant daughter died two months later of pneumonia.
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Ranjit is only 11 months old in this picture. At the time, he weighed just 4.5kg. As a baby he suffered from pneumonia and spent a month in a UNICEF nutrition centre where his appetite began to improve. We want to make sure that babies like Ranjit can be kept healthy and have the best chance in life.
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This toddler is being vaccinated against measles by a health worker at the Kopeta 'Puskesmas', a community health centre, on Flores Island in Indonesia. This preventable illness can be principal cause of pneumonia, encephalitis and other fatal diseases. UNICEF helps to ensure that children are vaccinated at health centres in the district as part of an ongoing campaign. We provide vaccines as well as vitamin A supplements for children under five, to boost their immune systems.
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Shipa Rani Chandra is a UNICEF Heath Promoter. She is visiting the family of 15 month old Rahul. He was diagnosed and treated for pneumonia with the help of UNICEF workers which stopped him from becoming one of the 2 million children whose deaths are caused by the disease.
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In Sierra Leone, a nurse checks on 4 month old Fatimata who is being treated for pneumonia and malaria. Preventive measures include clean home environments, safe drinking water, sanitation access to health care and adequate nutrition for mothers and children.
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The five-in-one, or pentavalent vaccine is a single vaccine that protects five potentially lethal diseases including thopse which cause pnuemonia.
Theses are kept in a cold box at the health centre in DRC. Cold boxes are a critical part of the ‘cold chain’, the series of temperature controls required to maintain vaccine potency from manufacture through inoculation.
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A smiling Rahul is held by his mother Shudhangshu, in Bangladesh. He has made a successful recovery from pneumonia thanks to the help of health workers in the region.
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A baby girl receives a pentavalent vaccine at the Kaniya Peripheral Health Unit in the village of Kaniya, Sierra Leone. Pneumonia can result from vaccine preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough. Though global coverage for vaccines against these diseases is 85 per cent each, the poorest children often go unprotected.
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Tasleem Mondy carries her 18 month old son Mohammed home from the Sindh Government Children’s Hospital in the city of Karachi, Pakistan. Mohammed spent nearly a month at the hospital for treatment for pneumonia, and he continues to receive fortified milk to treat his malnutrition. In October, Pakistan became the first country in South Asia to introduce a pneumococcal vaccine, which will be available free of charge. This was made possible through partnership between the Government of Pakistan and the GAVI Alliance – which includes UNICEF, WHO and civil society.
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