Vaccination coverage against pneumonia, the leading preventable cause of under-five child deaths worldwide, is low in the most-affected countries, according to data to be released in The Lancet medical journal on 12 September.
Though vaccines exist to fight two bacteria responsible for more than one million child deaths a year, their roll-out in Asia and Africa has been slow due to lack of money and awareness, according to research groups specializing in pneumonia.
"Prevention of pneumococcal and Hib [haemophilius influenzae type b] cases and deaths is imminently achievable, but countries must demonstrate the political will to prioritize [put first] prevention," said Orvin Levine, executive director of a pneumonia research initiative at the US-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public of Health.
Rwanda and The Gambia recently launched donor-backed pneumococcal vaccination campaigns, while South Africa funded its own roll-out.
In 2000 an estimated 826,000 children died worldwide from pneumococcal disease and 370,000 from Hib, according to data gathered by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins and the UN World Health Organization. All together, 14.5 million children were infected by one of the two diseases in 2000, the year examined by the study. Both pneumococcal disease and Hib most often show up as pneumonia and occasionally as meningitis.
Most pneumococcal infections in 2000 were in Asia (51 percent), while most deaths were in Africa (54 percent), the researchers say.
Johns Hopkins associate professor Kate O'Brien said the data proves the need for more prevention in at-risk countries. "The need for vaccination and improved treatment is particularly urgent in Africa and Africa, which together account for 95 percent of all pneumococcal deaths."
The study says the 10 countries with the highest incidence of pneumococcal infections, accounting for 66 percent of cases worldwide, were – highest rate to lowest: India, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and the Philippines.
Of these countries, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia are eligible for subsidized pneumococcal vaccines from the GAVI Alliance (formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation), but have not yet applied. With GAVI support, each vaccine dose can cost as little as 15 US cents.
Hib
The Hib bacterium caused 8.1 million serious illnesses in 2000 – an increase over an earlier WHO annual estimate of five million leaving up to 35 percent of survivors with permanent disabilities, according to WHO. Though Hib disease is preventable, hundreds of thousands of children die annually from the illness, which is difficult to diagnose.
Johns Hopkins associate in international health, James Watt, said Hib is almost entirely preventable with the vaccine.
India led the world in Hib infections in 2000 with 72,000 reported cases, followed by 34,000 in Nigeria, 24,000 in Ethiopia, 22,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo and 19,000 in China.
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
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5) PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS
6) LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT
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8) BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES.
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If you had ever gone to the developing countries in Africa or in South America, you would know how great Angelina Jolie is. She is devoting her life in the charity to improve the situation of children and women in the third world countries. I think the bad situation could not be understood by the ones who had never ever been there. This summer I had the chance to travel to Africa. I did not go to the spots of interests but go to the poorest areas of that continent, because when I was home I could not imagine how bad situation they were in. Then what I saw shocked me. If I could, I would like to call it the hell. The children were lack of food and medicine. Their lives were threatened by the starvation and AIDS. Some of them were born as HIV sufferers and all they could do is waiting for the death just because they do not have money to last their lives. It is a kind of competition, the starvation and the AIDS are the competitors, they are competing for who take away the childrens lives first. And I met some health children there. All they do every day is trying their best to see the sun rising for the next day. When our children prayed for the Barbie Dolls, toy transformers, Air Jordan or the Spider Mans cosmetic clothes as the gifts, the children in Africa could play the lanyard with great interests. During the trip, I cried several times in my tent. At first I was crying for there has no toilet at all. Then as I got with the children and women there, I just cried for their situation. There are so many single mothers and children who would never know who are their fathers. They are living under the threatening of death, but when you are with them you could be moved by their positive attitude. Sometimes I thought that I might suicide if I were in that situation. These children and women need more and more people to take part in the charity activity for rescuing them.
Dear C, You first must cry for the souls of the US and European Corporations and Plunderers that created these problems of poverty in some areas of my homeland --the IMF and world bank who are trying to suck the life completely out of Africa -To start with-- if the so-called debt was "forgiven" from these countries it might start to become a different picture --(hard to understand why there is even a debt when many African countries has had so much of their resources "stolen" we should have funds returned to us ) Keep your subsidied food out of Africa--re-create Africa as the breadbasket of the world as it once was --Did you know that for instance in Namibia where Angelina Jolie has gone--The European still OWNS 90% OF THE LAND and you wonder ---- Have African teach farming again and the ways of self sustainment-- African style---If you want to help and are truly sincere and not looking to create another NGO-- Dig wells --solar energy for factories and mosquito external high frequency devises for every home Thats a good start It will make you feel better AIDS was created by the European distributed along with a polio vaccine in the fifties (The River--the origins of AIDS) Have Africa help the masses of people with Aids with Sutherlandia Fructecens and Hypoxis( Natural viricide herbs grown in Africa ) Will the Eurpean and US pharmaceutical companies like this I don't think so Concerning Vaccines for Pneumonia NO!!! Today a child in Britain died from a vaccine for cervical cancer prevention and the vaccine company denied any responsibilities --CAREFUL AFRICA PLEASE!!!We have to remember like the Jews "never again"-- AIDS, Slavery, Genocide ,Dumping and poisoning ---we should become self sustaining again