In 2017, in the lead up to Save the Children’s 100th anniversary, a centenary commitment was launched to fight childhood pneumonia.
What makes pneumonia so disturbing is that pneumonia-related deaths are preventable, and pneumonia is treatable.
The commitment was created as a vital strategy to address the systemic failings that are contributing to a deceleration of pneumonia-related child deaths compared to the progress seen in other disease areas.
This interactive report captures the achievements and learnings from Save the Children to address childhood pneumonia, the biggest infectious killer of children, over the past four years.
It addresses the challenges and opportunities for pneumonia that have resulted from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, disrupting programmes and shining a global spotlight on associated issues relating to vaccination and oxygen access.
It provides a perspective on the essential action that needs to continue if Save the Children and their partners are to deliver their ambition of ending preventable childhood pneumonia deaths by 2030.
