16 Aug Save the Children Teams Up With Leading Health Organizations in Fight Against Pneumonia
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (August 13 2010) — Save the Children joined with the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan for the Prevention and control of Pneumonia (GAPP) and GlaxoSmithKline to call for further action on reducing death and suffering due to childhood pneumonia. Coinciding with the International Pediatric Association Congress last week, the three groups held a meeting to call attention to pneumonia’s annual toll of 1.5 million child deaths.