House Proceeding 11-03-09 on Nov 3rd, 2009 :: 0:56:50 to 0:59:55
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Carol Shea-Porter: and recognize november 2 as world pneumonia day. mr. speaker, i urge the passage of this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new y mr. engel: mr.peaker, i yield three minutes to the gentlewoman from new hampshire, ms. shea-porter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new hampshire is recognized for three minutes.

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Speech By: Carol Shea-Porter

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Carol Shea-Porter: ms. shea-porter: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank chairman berman and ranking member ros-lehtinen and their staff for their support and work on this it's important for the house to -- house of representatives to recognize the devastating toll that pneumonia takes on children around the world and i'm proud we're considering this resolution today. yesterday marked the first annual world pneumonia day.

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Carol Shea-Porter: almost 100 global health organizations joined together to bring awareness to this terrible disease. the world's leading killer of children, pneumonia is undernoticed, underfunded and undertreated. this disease kills four million people each year, two million of them children. it takes the life of more children under the age of 5 than measles, malaria and aids

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Carol Shea-Porter: combined. every 15 seconds a child dies of pneumonia. the horror of this disease is that it is so preventable and treatable. consider these facts. studies in developing countries indicate that only one in four caregivers know the two key symptoms of pneumonia. fast and difficult breathing. this leads to pneumonia going

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Carol Shea-Porter: untreated, which is deadly. fewer than 1/3 of the children who develop pneumonia receive the antibiotics they need to fight the illness, even thoug the antibiotics are available for less than $1. half the cases of pneumonia that occur could be prevented by ensuring that these children have access to the vaccines they need. mr. speaker, these facts paint a bleak picture.

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Carol Shea-Porter: millions of lives are being lost each year when they could be saved. they could be saved by international cooperation to educate and train caregivers, they could be saved if people could just have access to the vaccines and medications they need. my resolution affirms this body's commitment to saving these lives by supporting programs that focus on the

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Carol Shea-Porter: protection, prevention and treatment of pneumonia. it commends the health professionals across the globe who every day work in the wod's poorest countries to treat and care for the victims of pneumonia. and it reaffirms the united states' commitment to reducing child mortality. finally this resolution recognizes world pneumonia day in doing so, the house of representatives joins with

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Carol Shea-Porter: dozens of global health organizations working to raise the awareness of this disease and to focus resources on protection, prevention and treatment. mr. spea colleagues to encourage international corporation to combat this disease. life can and should be saved -- lives can and should be saved. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution.

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Carol Shea-Porter: thank you and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewon yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas, mr poe. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york, mr. engel. mr. engel: mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time.