The world pneumonia day is observed every year on November 12.
More than 100 organizations representing the interests of children joined forces as the ‘Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia’ to hold the first World Pneumonia Day on 2 November 2009.
This year the theme for World Pneumonia Day is "healthy lungs for all".
Pneumonia is a respiratory disease - the biggest killer of children under five across the world.
India alone accounted for 70% of the global pneumonia burden in the year 2016.