New WHO Data Underscores Global Threat Of World's Leading Child Killer: Pneumonia
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
New World Health Organization data sheds new light on two leading causes of pneumonia, the world's leading killer of children under age 5, both globally and within specific countries. The results, which are the first ever available at the country level, are expected to serve as a clarion call to developing country governments to invest in pneumonia prevention programs.