Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) Coverage Among Children Aged Less Than or Equal to 59 Months, Selected U.S. Regions, 2010-2011

摘要

Pneumonia kills more children than any other illness; among approximately 9 million children aged less than 5 years who die each year worldwide, 1.6 million die from pneumonia. At the 2010 World Health Assembly, a resolution on the prevention and control of childhood pneumonia was passed. The resolution stated that leaders in each country should implement comprehensive plans to reduce pneumonia deaths. This effort will support United Nations Millennium Development Goal 4, which states that childhood mortality should be reduced by two thirds from 1990 to 2015.