Infant Mortality due to Pneumonia and SAANS Initiative

As per Sample Registration System Report (2010-13) of Registrar General of India, Pneumonia contributes 16.9% of infant deaths and it is the 2^nd highest cause of infant mortality.

The list of major causes of infant mortality-

Top 10 Causes of Death in age below 1 year in India : 2010-2013
Rank	Cause of Death	Deaths (%)
Rank	Cause of Death	Male	Female	Person
1	Prematurity & low birth weight	35.6	36.4	35.9
2	Pneumonia	17.0	16.8	16.9
3	Birth asphyxia & birth trauma	10.7	9.1	9.9
4	Other noncommunicable diseases	8.2	7.5	7.9
5	Diarrhoeal diseases	6.2	7.3	6.7
6	Ill-defined or cause unknown	4.4	4.9	4.6
7	Congenital anomalies	4.8	4.3	4.6
8	Acute bacterial sepsis and severe infections	4.2	4.3	4.2
9	Injuries	2.0	2.1	2.1
10	Fever of unknown origin	1.7	1.8	1.7
	All Other Remaining Causes	5.2	5.7	5.4
	Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Source:Sample Registration System Report (2010-13) of Registrar General of India

Social Awareness and Actions to Neutralize Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS)

In order to accelerate actions for reducing deaths due to childhood Pneumonia, an initiative named “Social Awareness and Actions to Neutralize Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS)” has been launched in 2019. The SAANS initiative encompasses three pronged strategies:

Guidelines on treatment and management of childhood Pneumonia including introduction of use of Amoxicillin by ANM.
Capacity building of service providers for identification and standardized management of Pneumonia.
Communication campaign to ensure greater awareness on childhood Pneumonia among families and parents.