Overview
- WHO reiterates that pneumonia is the leading infectious killer of children under five, causing more than 700,000 deaths each year worldwide.
- Mexico’s Health Secretariat is running a 2025–26 winter campaign targeting 50.5 million doses for influenza, COVID‑19 and pneumococcal vaccination.
- Spanish experts report that about 25% of pneumonia cases develop complications requiring hospitalization, with invasive pneumococcal disease showing roughly 15% lethality.
- Regions in Spain are moving from 13‑valent to 15‑valent and 20‑valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines to expand serotype coverage.
- Mexico’s INER warns ICU mortality can reach up to 50% in older adults, young children or those with uncontrolled chronic disease, underscoring the need for timely care, oxygen and appropriate antibiotics.