PneumoniaStories

Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children under five worldwide accounting for 16% of all deaths of children. India accounts for 36% of the total South-East Asia regional burden. In India (2014), pneumonia was responsible for 369,000 deaths (28% of all deaths), making it the single biggest killer for children under 5 yrs. Among children under-five years, pneumonia contributes to nearly a sixth (15%) of all deaths in India, with one child dying from pneumonia every four minutes. Pneumonia Storyteller is a series of Talking- Comics designed to sensitize mothers & care-givers living in low resource settings with high prevalence of Childhood Pneumonia and related deaths. Pneumonia Storyteller will provide a new story to local communities in local Hindi every week. With increasing mobility in communities, the storyteller is designed to create awareness about Pneumonia, its symptoms, myths & misconceptions, Danger signs and, diagnosis and treatment issues. Every new weekly story will help in improving understanding about Childhood Pneumonia and its treatment and help care-givers come forward for diagnosis and treatment, especially women. This project is developed by ZMQ Development using its YourStoryTeller platform. The projects is part of ZMQ's partnership with Philips Foundation and Ashoka.