World
Pneumonia Day 2013
Pneumonia
is the single largest killer of children under 5, as well as the leading
infectious cause of childhood mortality. More than 3,000 children under 5 died
from pneumonia every day in 2012. The disease accounts for 17 per cent of all under-five deaths, claiming the
lives of 1.1 million children under 5 in 2012 – the bulk of whom are less than
2 years old.
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| source: worldpneumoniaday.org |
