22 Oct Pneumococcal disease and Hib: two major killers that receive inadequate attention
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By Paul Chinnock
TropIKA.net-October 20, 2009
“Experts have concluded that the impact of two infectious diseases on poor communities is greater than previously estimated. Worldwide, it has now been estimated that Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) – the pathogens responsible for most child deaths from pneumonia and meningitis – are directly responsible for as many child deaths as AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined…”