Pneumonia appears to be one of the main reasons for death of under five years old children until now in the world but the proper initiatives including treatment management and vaccination taken by the government and other concerned has reduced its mortality rate in Bangladesh, reports BSS.
World Health Organisation (WHO) said about 0.9 million children aged under five died from pneumonia in the globe in 2017 accounting for 15 per cent of the total child death of the same age.
'Stop Pneumonia', an organisation that is working across the globe to protect pneumonia, said about 2.5 million people including about 0.67 million children died of the disease across the world in 2019.
According to Research for Decision Makers (RDM) and Data for Impact (DI) informed that about 24 thousand children aged under five died from pneumonia.
But, currently, the death rate has reduced due to proper initiatives of the present government and other stakeholders, it said.
Sources said, "The Pneumonia deaths were about 0.9 million in 1990s. But it has now decreased in phases. The death rate has reduced by eight per cent in the last 18 years".
As per the global goal, the death rate from Pneumonia will have to be reduced to three among per 1000.
Two-year-old Sadi also became victim of Pneumonia. Once Sadi was very thin as he had been suffering from pneumonia for about one and a half month. His mother Rafiza visited different hospitals, but he was not recovering.
Even, Sadi was admitted to Dhaka Shishu Hospital in city's Shaymoli where he was later shifted to ICU (intensive care unit). But, Sadi returned home after getting well.
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