They sum up 2009: Prevention of pneumonia and infantile diarrhea

Since one has already reported in previous editions, the World Organization of the Health realized a photographic memory with the facts and the most significant achievements of last year, many of which have been already treated in the same health blog during 2009. In this occasion, one will allude to another two important topics that integrate the balance of end of year of the WHO.

The World Organization of the Health published at the end of last December, in his official web site, a photographic memory containing twelve facts and the most significant achievements of 2009. In the same blog, already several have been mentioned of the topics emphasized by the WHO in his balance of end of year.

Following the same publishing line, in this occasion there will be mentioned other achievements that also are included in the memory made by the international organism.

One of the topics emphasized by the World Organization of the Health is the reduction of the infant mortality because of pneumonia. According to numbers of the WHO, about 1,8 million children, of less than five years of age, die annually for this illness, what turns it into the first cause of deaths in children.

In joint form with the Unicef, the international sanitary organism is employed at an interesting plan to prepare million possible deceases up to the year 2015, he informed the web page of the WHO.

The topic of the prevention and treatment of the infantile diarrhea also was emphasized by the WHO in his balance. The international sanitary organism expressed that approximately 1,5 million children die to the year due to this complaint. That's why one is employed arduously at several points to diminish that one high number of deaths, it spread the web.

To know more about this revision of facts and achievements of 2009, do not hesitate to enter to his web site of the World Organization of the Health.

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