Report reveals that pneumonia kills more children under five than any other illnessSeptember 18, 2006 A report launched today by the WHO and UNICEF reveals that pneumonia kills more children under five than any other illness – more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. The report, Pneumonia: The forgotten killer of children, highlights the urgent need for prevention and treatment of the disease, which claims the lives of 2 million children each year. The report is intended as a call to action to reduce child deaths from pneumonia through the use of existing effective interventions. Prevention measures such as vaccination hold the promise of saving millions of children from dying of pneumonia. Groups working in pneumonia prevention including The GAVI Alliance, GAVI’s PneumoADIP, The Hib Initiative and PATH support this report and are focused on ensuring that pneumonia does not remain the forgotten killer of children.
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