Fighting for Breath

This presentation from JustActions gave an overview of how pneumonia is still the leading infectious cause of early death (0-69 years) across developing countries. Speaker Leith Greensdale also discussed the challenges and successes of the Global Pneumonia Forum.

Leith Greenslade

Leith Greenslade, the CEO and Founder of JustActions. JustActions works with innovators from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors to advance ten mutually reinforcing, measurable goals with the power to accelerate progress to a more just world rapidly, sustainably, and irreversibly. Flagship JustActions initiatives include The Every Breath Counts Coalition, The Missing Piece: why continued neglect of pneumonia threatens the achievement of health goals, the Motherhood + Public Power Index, and the #KnowHerName campaign.

Priscilla Rupali

Dr. Priscilla Rupali is Professor and head of Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, India. She was a Senior ID fellow in the Dept. of Adult Infectious Diseases, Auckland City Hospital and has a "Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene" from Universidad Cayetano Heredia, Lima. She runs an annual course in Clinical Tropical Medicine at CMC. Early 2000s, she joined in pioneering distance learning course educating people in HIV Medicine.