{"id":171642,"date":"2025-11-12T21:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-pneumonia-day-12-november-2025-world-health-organization-who-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:29:04","slug":"world-pneumonia-day-12-november-2025-world-health-organization-who-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/world-pneumonia-day-12-november-2025-world-health-organization-who-2\/","title":{"rendered":"World Pneumonia Day \u2013 12 November 2025 &#8211; World Health Organization (WHO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/pneumonia#tab=tab_1\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">Pneumonia<\/a> remains one of the world&rsquo;s leading infectious killers. It still claims more lives of children under five than any other infectious disease, and also poses a serious threat to older people and those with chronic health conditions, particularly in low-and middle-income countries.<br \/>Protecting children and communities from pneumonia means strengthening health systems &ndash; so that preventive measures reach everyone, and every person with symptoms can get rapid diagnosis and the right treatment, including antibiotics and medical oxygen when needed.<br \/>We know what works.<br \/>Urgent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/the-integrated-global-action-plan-for-prevention-and-control-of-pneumonia-and-diarrhoea-(gappd)\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">action<\/a> will ensure every breath matters:<br \/><strong>Strengthen primary health care:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/maternal-newborn-child-adolescent-health-and-ageing\/child-health\/integrated-management-of-childhood-illness\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">Equip health workers<\/a> with the tools and training to recognize and manage pneumonia early.<br \/>&nbsp;   <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Media Contacts<br \/> Jamie Rylance<\/p>\n<p>Related<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/influenza-%28seasonal%29\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">Influenza (seasonal)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/initiatives\/oxygen-access-scale-up\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">Oxygen Access Scale Up<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stoppneumonia.org\/latest\/world-pneumonia-day\/#:~:text=World%20Pneumonia%20Day%2C%20held%20each%20year%20on%2012,advocate%20for%20global%20action%20to%20protect%20against%20it.\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">World Pneumonia Day &#8211; Every Breath Counts<\/a><br \/>More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/podcasts\/episode\/science-in-5\/episode--104---smoke-free-indoor-spaces\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">Science in 5: Smoke-free indoor spaces<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/household-air-pollution-and-health\" data-sf-ec-immutable=\"\">Household air pollution<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxOSVBOLWszUUFMckdYQUxCU0xaZnctaEFRR2REbk1UUDI2d2gtREctblU1NURRU295aDE2MGlZaUxFTE03aTZmUFVaaVU4QVpFRlFzOGk5WjRoWWdxQkVtQWhDUTFlWmJqWGtmR3ZDcjlTOTFpNjhWVkNFdGJOSmFod2U2UHpqUQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pneumonia remains one of the world&rsquo;s leading infectious killers. It still claims more lives of children under five than any other infectious disease, and also poses a serious threat to older people and those with chronic health conditions, particularly in low-and middle-income countries.Protecting children and communities from pneumonia means strengthening health systems &ndash; so that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}