Thirteen more children succumbed to pneumonia in the last 24 hours on Sunday, bringing the total toll from the disease to 392. The Punjab Health Department highlighted a concerning surge in pneumonia cases, particularly during the dry cold spell. Within a single day, 622 new patients were reported across Punjab, with Lahore bearing a significant […]
Pneumonia
Paediatricians complain 19.5 m children not being administered vaccinations
In a statement issued to commemorate World Immunisation Week, on Monday, paediatricians remarked, “Vaccines are the most affordable solution when it comes to preventing certain health hazards like polio, measles, whooping cough, diarrhoea and pneumonia.” Pakistan Paediatric Association (PPA) President, Professor Gohar Rehman, also the Paediatrics HOD of Hayatabad Medical Complex asserted, “Vaccines prevent six […]
Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 mn children by 2030, study warns
Pneumonia will kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, experts warned Monday on a global day aimed at raising awareness of the biggest infectious killer of infants worldwide. While in the developed world the severe lung infection mainly affects the elderly, in developing nations it is children who bear the brunt, with hundreds […]