15 Nov World Pneumonia Day – To Be Marked by GAVI Alliance & Global Coalition
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“Superheroes, stars, politicians, health workers, development experts, children and thousands of concerned citizens around the world will on Friday 12 November mark World Pneumonia Day, highlighting the world’s leading killer of children under five years old; the GAVI Alliance and the Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia are stressing that more than 1.5 million children die every year from pneumonia, more than any other disease, but a million children’s lives a year could be saved by simple interventions such as vaccination against the most common cause of pneumonia and treatment with antibiotics.”