New WHO Data Underscores Global Threat of World’s Leading Child Killer

New WHO Data Underscores Global Threat of World’s Leading Child Killer

September 11, 2009

“New World Health Organization data to be published in this week’s edition of The Lancet will shed new light on two leading causes of pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children under age 5, both globally and within specific countries. The results, which are the first ever available at the country level, are expected to serve as a clarion call to developing country governments to invest in pneumonia prevention programs…”

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