Indian Academy of Pediatrics
HEALTH India’s under-five death toll is higher than the deaths in Nigeria, Congo and Pakistan put together - ‘Child Mortality Estimates Report 2012’ by Prashant Kapadia Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) is a body of 20,300 member Pediatricians from all regions of India. IAP is engaged in advocating, strategizing and training for measures to reduce childhood mortality and morbidity because of various childhood illnesses, amongst which Diarrhea and Pneumonia are the leading causes. To express its role and responsibility toward the health of the children of India, and to participate in Global efforts to increase awareness about Pneumonia prevention, protection and treatment, IAP is organizing a Pneumonia Congress, with the objective of revisiting the current scenario of pneumonia deaths in the country, looking at strategies for reduction of pneumonia deaths in the community and enlisting IAP’s role in catalysing these strategies. The congress w...