Report

One is too many

Ending child deaths from pneumonia and diarrhoea

Naem, 4, Aya, 2 and Duna, 6 (from left to right), displaced siblings from Ramadi, wait for their father inside Thi Al-Norain Mosque in Kirkuk.
UNICEF/UNI193975/Mackenzie

Highlights

Pneumonia and diarrhoea are responsible for the unnecessary loss of 1.4 million children each year. This report highlights current pneumonia and diarrhoea related mortality, and illustrates the startling divide between the children being reached and the considerable number of those left behind. By developing key protective, preventative and treatment interventions, collectively we are now equipped with the knowledge and the tools required to preventing child deaths due to these leading childhood killers. The report also provides recommendations to further accelerate progress in effective interventions and bridge the greatest gaps in equity.

Please contact: data@unicef.org

Cover page of One is too many report
Author
UNICEF
Publication date
Languages
English
ISBN
978-92-806-4859-1

Download the report

Download file
(PDF, 6,84 MB)

Related Topics

Pneumonia
diarrhoea 
Health
Data and Reports
Child rights
Global

More to explore

Statement
29 October 2020
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's remarks at Indiana University on “Access to Learning for the World’s Children: Reimagining Education for the Post-COVID World"
Read now
1
Press release
28 October 2020

Children in the poorest countries have lost nearly four months of schooling since start of pandemic – UNESCO, UNICEF and World Bank report finds

Visit the page
In India, pentavalent vaccines are being checked for imperfections. [NOTE: This is a file photo]
Article
What you need to know about a COVID-19 vaccine

Answers to the most common questions about coronavirus vaccine development

Read the story
Statement
27 October 2020
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's remarks at the World Health Summit Panel “Accelerating the SDG-3 Global Action Plan for Health and Wellbeing”
Read now