Fighting Pneumonia: Having the tools, lacking the initiative Pneumonia, an acute lower respiratory disease that damages the lungs has caused the deaths of nearly two million childrenthereby called "the forgotten killer of children." Pneumonia's harmful impact has prompted the international community to express concern, as seen in A World Fit for ChildrenPlan of Action: Goals, Strategies and Actions. The report calls for a reductions "by one-third deaths due to acute respiratory infection between 2000 and 2010." In 2006, UNICEF and WHO jointly reaffirmed in Pneumonia: The Forgotten Killer o...
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