BMJ  2008;336:233-234 (2 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.39472.508056.3A

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Pneumonia

Parliament unites to tackle global problem

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The study by Asghar et al and the accompanying editorial by Bhutta remind all of us that much more can and must be done to control pneumonia and pneumococcal disease world wide.^{1 2} The All Party Parliamentary Group on Pneumococcal Disease Prevention in the Developing World was formed last month to tackle the devastating impact of pneumonia on child survival. The group is committed to raising awareness of pneumococcal disease and pneumonia, vaccination strategies, and sustainable financing mechanisms among MPs and peers nationally, across Europe, and around the world.

As Bhutta notes, given increasing resistance to antibiotics in the long term, the most cost effective means of reducing child mortality from pneumonia is to scale up effective preventive strategies, most notably vaccination. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines are safe and highly effective in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia and meningitis.

GAVI’s PneumoADIP is working to accelerate the introduction of these vaccines so that they can . . . [Full text of this article]

¹ All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pneumococcal Disease Prevention in the Developing World, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA

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