On World Pneumonia Day (WPD), recognized on November 12, "[t]he United Nations and its partners ... called for greater efforts to eradicate pneumonia, the number one killer of children under the age of five," the U.N. News Centre reports. According to the WHO, "pneumonia, which is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs, kills an estimated 1.2 million children under the age of five years every year -- more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined," the news service notes (11/12). In a statement recognizing WPD, USAID said, "Thankfully, we have in our possession the tools needed to change the tide on these statistics. Now we need new ways to deliver badly needed health services and new ways to stimulate demand in the most rural pockets of the world" (11/12). "The Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia, a partnership of more than 140 government, international and philanthropic organizations, sponsors WPD," IIP Digital adds (Porter, 11/9).