What does the Global Burden of Disease say?
Dr. Christopher Murray, Director, Institute for Health Metrics and EvaluationThe resurgence of measles and pneumonia complications, and other viral diseases
Dr. Natashia Crowcroft, Senior Technical Advisor, Measles and Rubella Control, WHOAntimicrobial resistance related to pneumonia
Dr. Mohsen Naghavi, Professor of Health Metric Science, Institute for Health Metrics and EvaluationGenomics for antimicrobial resistance surveillance
Dr. Elita Jauneikaite, Advanced Research Fellow, Imperial College LondonRole of Molecular test in advancing the diagnosis of pneumonia
Dr. Charles Dela Cruz, Director, Acute Lung Injury and Infection Center, University of PittsburghThe Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security
Dr. Menaldi Rasmin, Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Universitas IndonesiaRole of antiviral and antibiotics in the fight against pneumonia
Dr. Marcos Restrepo, Medical Director - Medical Intensive Care Unit - South Texas Veterans Health Care System Audie L. Murphy DivisionRSV vaccine in children
Dr. Joanne Wildenbeest, Assistant Professor, UMC UtrechtK.pneumoniae vaccines and Asia
Dr. Padmini Srikantiah, Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationRespiratory pandemic risk and South-east Asia
Dr. Mihoko Kashiwakura, Head of East Asia Relations, Bill & Melinda GatesFoundationLlamado a la acción
Professor Michiaki Mishima, Past-President, Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS)
Dear Colleagues & Friends, As Chairpersons of the 4th Global Conference for World Pneumonia Day 2024, it gives us great pleasure to invite you to join our event, which is part of the Worldwide Pneumonia Awareness Campaign-Pneumolight, with the support of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) in Manila, to be held on 9 November 2024. Despite the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, pneumonia remains a neglected disease. Sadly, the 2021 Global Burden of Disease report showed that 2.1 million people died of pneumonia in that year; children under five years and adults over 70 continued to be the most vulnerable populations, with more than 500,000 and 1 million pneumonia-related deaths respectively. Another important problem is the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR); according to the 2019 GBD report, 1.27 million deaths were attributable to bacterial AMR in that year, and one in five deaths caused by AMR occurred in children under five years old. The 2019 GBD report identified Streptococcus pneumoniae as the most frequent pathogen causing pneumonia, Although great progress continues to be made, the worldwide burden of pneumonia remains huge. We need everyone to know about the disease and its impact on our health, and above all, we need to show that it can be prevented. Pneumonia must be recognized as a major global health problem. Until this recognition comes, we will continue our attempts to educate and prevent, because we know that education is prevention and prevention saves lives. Working together, we can move the world because we know that if we fight, we can win!!!! Yours sincerely, Catia Cilloniz |
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