1st Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia
From 29 to 31 January 2020, over 300 representatives from 16 governments, UN and global health agencies, NGOs, companies, and academic institutions came together to strategize better ways to protect children from the infection that kills more of them than any other – pneumonia.
The inaugural Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia was held at CaixaForum in Barcelona, Spain. Attendees agreed on practical pathways that governments and their partners could take to reduce child pneumonia deaths to the levels required to achieve both the Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD) target (3 child pneumonia deaths for every 1,000 babies born by 2025), and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for child survival (at least 25 child deaths for every 1,000 babies born by 2030).
The forum culminated in a Declaration committing signatories to six critical actions. All forum attendees signed onto the Declaration and more than 200 organizations have signed it subsequent to the event.
Further the forum released the world’s first Youth Call to Action on Childhood Pneumonia.
In April 2021, more than one year after the forum, 16 governments came back together in a series of three virtual roundtables to report their progress during a year when all were dealing with the demands of a massive respiratory pandemic – COVID-19.
Despite this, progress was being made. Indeed much of the support needed to prevent, diagnose, and treat COVID-19 among adults, could benefit children with pneumonia from other causes. Governments and their partners seized this opportunity to strengthen their health systems to prevent deaths from respiratory infections across all ages and causes.
The 1st Global Forum was a collaboration of nine global health agencies who share a commitment to child survival.
RESOURCES
Brochure
Concept
Other materials launched at the 1st Global Forum
One Year Later
- One Year Later – Report
- One Year Later – Country Roundtable Recordings: #1, #2, #3
- One Year Later – Article
- One Year Later – Video
In April 2023, a 2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia was held in Madrid, Spain to maintain the momentum. Find out more about the 2nd Global Forum here
ARTICLES
The Promise of Reduced Dose Pneumococcal Vaccination for Children
Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children under five and, as a result, the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or PCV, is one of the most lifesaving vaccines. However, just six in every ten children are protected with PCV well below the global target...
17 March, 2024
A2O2 Resource Library
The A2O2 Resource Library is a platform for all things oxygen - covering every aspect of the oxygen ecosystem from planning to equipment to patient care.
10 May, 2023
You paid WHAT?
For the more than 400 million adults and children who get sick with pneumonia each year, the costs of treatment can be catastrophic - as individuals and families are forced to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare. Every Breath Counts is launching a new campaign to document these crippling costs.
09 December, 2022
Antimicrobial resistance and pneumonia
How do we reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia and close any remaining access gaps for pneumonia patients, especially children, who are missing out?
18 November, 2022
2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia
The 2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia built on the momentum for action generated by the first Forum in 2020, enabling countries to rapidly reduce child pneumonia deaths and accelerate achievement of the child survival SDG.
13 November, 2022
Pulse oximeters that work for everyone
There is growing evidence that pulse oximeters do not work effectively on darker skin tones. This is unacceptable. Every Breath Counts has launched a petition to change this.
10 October, 2022
