lance laifer

Creator/co-founder Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia, @sohnconf, World Pneumonia Day @pneumoniaday

[lance laifer @lancelaifer]

Rest In Peace

[Partners In Health @PIH]

Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda.

Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children.

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[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

What’s the first thing you think of if someone asks what is the single biggest killer of children under 5? The real culprit is pneumonia which claims the lives of more than 800,000 children’s lives every year. #WorldPneumoniaDay

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

#COVID19 has the world’s attention, but pneumonia and other vaccine-preventable illnesses kill millions of children each year. This #WorldPneumoniaDay we call on partners to use lessons learned in the pandemic response to help end these preventable deaths. https://t.co/VVZuaZLr2b

[Save the Children International @save_children]

On #WorldPneumoniaDay, @KevinAtSave joins global health organisations in calling on the global health community to strengthen primary health care and accelerate progress in preventing child #pneumonia deaths and infections.

Read: https://t.co/WyoYuiPcgD via @TheLancet

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

Between 2009-2019, an estimated ~570,000 deaths were averted with the PCV vaccine to protect children against pneumonia! Over 215 million children have been vaccinated with Gavi support and 82% Gavi-supported countries have introduced this life-saving vaccine! #WorldPneumoniaDay

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

Pneumonia is the biggest infectious disease killer of children under 5. Since 2009, Gavi has helped immunise over 215 million children against this deadly disease. As #COVID19 puts pressure on health systems worldwide, we must protect these health gains. #WorldPneumoniaDay

[Gavi CSO @GaviCSO]

Lets not forget that still too many children, especially vulnerable and marginalized ones, die from this vaccine preventable disease every year !Together WE ALL can stop this! 👇🏻#WorldPneumoniaDay

[Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance @gavi]

Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death of children worldwide, and now, with severe pneumonia the most common diagnosis complication of #COVID19, the pandemic is making things dramatically worse. Here’s a closer look at this urgent issue for #WorldPneumoniaDay

[International Vaccine Access Center at BSPH @IVACtweets]

REGISTER NOW! Nov 13 #WorldPneumoniaDay event 🫁: Maintaining Progress on Childhood Pneumonia in the COVID-19 Era

https://t.co/k3KO4gTGQD

Submit your questions❔🎙️ for panelists @findingpneumo @temite @senjutisaha @ChrfSaha @gavi @reporteracg when you register for the event!

[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH]

Did You Know? 15 countries account for ~70% of global pneumonia and diarrhea deaths in children under 5.

See how they are responding in a new report card from @IVACtweets @JohnsHopkinsIH.

#️⃣ #PDPR2020 #StopPneumonia
🔗 https://t.co/4BJtU8eJuV

[lance laifer @lancelaifer]

Face shield + mask.
Please protect yourself and your neighbors.
Not complicated.
Not hard.

[lance laifer @lancelaifer]

Wear a face shield.

[Ed Livingston @ehlJAMA]

Face shields work!

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

#COVID19 creates opportunities to leverage efforts to increase diagnostic and treatment services for respiratory infections, including #pneumonia.

👉 https://t.co/zCx5nxGr0w

#WorldPneumoniaDay

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

While vaccines 💉are a vital part of prevention for #pneumonia, they need to be combined with:

🤱breastfeeding
🥕nutritious food
🏡a clean environment

Ensuring that families have access to health services and the right medicines is also essential.

#WorldPneumoniaDay

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Today is #WorldPneumoniaDay

#Pneumonia alone kills more than 800 000 children every year, accounting for 15% of all deaths of children under 5 years old. It’s the single largest infectious cause of death in children 🌍🌍

👉https://t.co/jNgiyWbRDc

[UNICEF Nigeria @UNICEF_Nigeria]

Sleeping under an insecticide-treated bed net is the most common and most effective way to prevent malaria infection.

#WorldMalariaDay

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

"I cannot help remembering the dingy little military hospital, the old cracked microscope, and the medicine bottles which constituted all the laboratory and apparatus which I possessed..."

Ronald Ross was awarded the #NobelPrize for his work on malaria.

#WorldMalariaDay

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The Nobel Prize has been awarded to at least 6 discoveries related to malaria.

The latest was to Tu Youyou who discovered artemisinin, a substance which inhibits the malaria parasite. She tested the medicine on herself: it now saves countless lives every year.

#WorldMalariaDay

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Today is #WorldMalariaDay – which draws attention to the devastating impact of malaria on families & communities.

Malaria kills 400,000 people every year, 67% being children, & risks are greater in the context of this #COVID19 pandemic. It must not be forgotten.

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

5 facts about malaria:

1⃣Today is #WorldMalariaDay.

2⃣Malaria kills 400,000 people every year.

3⃣94% of deaths occur in the @WHO African Region.

4⃣Children under five years are the most vulnerable group, accounting for 67% of deaths.

5⃣We must achieve a malaria-free #Africa.