Fighting Pneumonia the Key to Achieving MDG4

Fighting Pneumonia the Key to Achieving MDG4

By Leith Greensdale

Blog4GlobalHealth- November 2, 2009

“As welcome as the news was that 3.7 million fewer children are dying before they reach their 5th birthday, the reality is that the pace of change is nowhere near fast enough to reach Millennium Development Goal 4 by 2015. One disease holds the key to this goal – pneumonia – and achieving MDG4 will depend on the degree to which pneumonia is singled out for special attention by the global health and donor communities…”

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