He says that saving the life of a vaccine...

Healthcare celebrated this year rozhvalyuyuchy progress in the prevention and treatment of pneumonia, the main cause of death for children under five years. Pneumonia is the leading cause of death for children worldwide. P World Health Organization reported one child dies of pneumonia every 20 seconds and 98 percent of these deaths falls on developing countries. Overall, WHO estimates around 1. 5000000 children under five years die annually from this deadly disease. P It's more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. P Research shows that prevention and proper treatment can prevent pneumonia one million deaths in children every year. P

says that saving the life of a vaccine against pneumonia, which were previously accessible mainly in rich countries, is currently being implemented in developing countries. P HAVI representative, Jeffrey Rowland calls this tremendous achievement. P He noted last year, hardly a poor child in developing countries is being protected from pneumonia. "With the global deployment of pneumococcal vaccines, pneumococcal bacteria have, which is the main cause of pneumonia, 3. 6000000 children have been vaccinated against pneumonia made. P By this time next year this number will increase to almost 13. 6000000, "said Roland. P "This number is the number to commemorate and celebrate loudly, because it was not in existence a year ago." P

pneumococcal vaccines have been around in the United States since 2007. P But their high cost makes them inaccessible to people in poor countries. P three doses needed to protect children from pneumonia. P Each dose costs between $ 85 and $ 110. Rowland says, through a series of complex negotiations, pharmaceutical companies agreed to reduce prices to $ 3. 50 doses for developing countries. P He said the new vaccine is expected to prevent purchase strattera more than 70 percent of serious pneumococcal infections in children in Africa and Asia, where children have the highest risk of this disease. But the vaccine is only half the battle. P Children who are ill with pneumonia should be treated with antibiotics. P Unfortunately, many children in poor countries can not reach health facilities that can offer them a rescue treatment. Results of the World Health Organization (WHO) study in Pakistan found most children with pneumonia can be treated successfully at home. A spokesman for the WHO Olivia Lawe-Davies says that these results offer great hope. "The results of this study showed that in fact, you can get as good results, actually even slightly better results in treating children at home with antibiotic, and not send them, perhaps because many times when children are in poor, isolated communities, they never reach the object », Lawe-Davies said. R "Or when they get to the object, they can not get the treatment that they should receive. P So, we found that the results of results of treatment at home kids, in fact, a little better. "

Currently, WHO recommends that children with difficult pneumonia can be treated at home. P This recent study, he said, shows that children with severe pneumonia and may benefit from treatment at home. Lawe-Davies said, WHO plans to conduct similar studies elsewhere. P If the results show that children with severe pneumonia can be effectively managed at home, she says that it will make treatment more affordable and reduce costs. P And it would save more lives. .