The International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at Johns Hopkins University partnered with the GAVI Alliance, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and the Best Shot Foundation to award small grants to organizations in 14 low- to middle-income countries to carry out activities advocating for adequate protection, prevention and treatment of childhood pneumonia while commemorating World Pneumonia Day. In the third year of the program, IVAC received an unprecedented 113 grant applications — more than double the number of applications received in 2010 — and through a rigorous review process, narrowed the field to 24 successful applications. Highlights from many of the activities undertaken by World Pneumonia Day.
