Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: cookstoves http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Ceramic indoor cookstove use did not significantly lower child pneumonia risk in rural Kenya Inexpensive, locally-produced ceramic cookstoves may produce less smoke than traditional indoor 3-stone firepits, but they don't significantly reduce indoor air pollution or the risk of pneumonia in young children, according to results from a small, year-long observational study by researchers working in rural Kenya. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ceramic-indoor-cookstove-significantly-child.html Health Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:34:56 EST news274556088 Pneumonia remains the leading killer of children despite decline in global child deaths Marking the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day, November 12th, world leaders and the Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia are calling for major efforts in the fight against childhood pneumonia, which remains the number one killer of children under age five. Pneumonia claimed 1.3 million lives in 2011 alone, and was responsible for nearly one in five global child deaths. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pneumonia-killer-children-decline-global.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:57:11 EST news271936622