Dear Colleagues,

Would you like to end childhood pneumonia and win a Nikon digital camera? You can do both by entering the World Pneumonia Day 2010 photo contest. But the deadline is closing fast, so please act now.

To win, just submit an entry and a short caption or story online or by mail. It takes only a few minutes.

Entries can show children with pneumonia, children recovered from pneumonia, or people working on the interventions to prevent and treat pneumonia. The winners will be selected by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and NBC TODAY show host Ann Curry. The winning photos could be just the images we need to mobilize people to do more to tackle the world's leading killer of children.

Regional category winners will be awarded a Nikon digital camera. Winning and finalist photos will be showcased at an exclusive New York event this summer and on the Internet at sites including the Photoshare and World Pneumonia Day website galleries. Winning entries will highlight the environment of young children stricken by pneumonia including: interventions and challenges; survival stories and healthy outcomes; and the economic burden faced by families with a child suffering from the disease.

The deadline is May 31st so please take just a moment or two today to submit a photo if you have one, to send this email around to others, or to encourage submissions from someone you know who takes great photos!

Examples of a powerful photo and story are the story of young Salim Khan in India who survived pneumonia and the tragic heartbreak of mother Tiemany Diarra who lost both her children to pneumonia. For complete contest guidelines and to submit entries, please visit: http://www.photoshare.org/contest/wpd/2010/worldpneumoniadayphotocontest.php.

As the deadline is fast approaching, we hope that you will spread the word about this important contest or choose to submit a photo yourself. Together, we can collect powerful images that will make a difference in the lives of young children.

Best wishes,

Orin S. Levine, PhD
Executive Director, PneumoACTION
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health