能实现的宏伟目标：2025 年彻底避免儿童期肺炎可预防性死亡

肺炎是全球儿童死亡的首位原因，也是我国5 岁以下儿童死亡的第二位原因。世界卫生组织和联合国儿童基金会2013 年发布了预防和控制肺炎和腹泻全球行动计划，提出了控制儿童肺炎的宏伟目标：2025年彻底避免儿童期肺炎可预防性死亡。在国家或地区层面上要实现：（1）5 岁以下儿童肺炎死亡率低于3/1 000活产儿；（2）与2010 年比较，5 岁以下严重肺炎的发生率下降75%。如能加快执行关键干预措施的步伐，儿童肺炎的死亡率会明显下降，目标就能实现。

The ambitious but achievable goal: to end preventable childhood deaths due to pneumonia by 2025

Globally, pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood mortality. Pneumonia is the second killer of children less than 5 years of age in China. The World Heath Organization and United Nations Children''s Fund launched the integrated Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea (GAPPD) in 2013. The ambitious goal is to end preventable childhood deaths due to pneumonia by 2025. Countries or regions should achieve the following goals: (1) reduce mortality from pneumonia in children less than 5 years of age to fewer than 3 per 1 000 live births; (2) reduce the incidence of severe pneumonia by 75% in children less than 5 years of age compared to 2010 levels. If the implementation of key interventions is accelerated, the mortality rate of childhood pneumonia will drop substantially every year, which makes the goal achievable.