Despite our effort and progress, pneumonia continues to kill over 800,000 children under the age of 5[i] each year. Every 39 seconds, a child dies from pneumonia. Pneumonia matters because it is ...

According to the Save the Children medic who treated Hakaroom, without immediate medication, she would not have lived through the night. Pneumonia killed 808,694 children under the age of 5 in 2017, ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Pneumonia remains a serious respiratory disease, especially for children under three years of age, where viral infections account for 90% of cases.

Along with other acute respiratory infections, pneumonia is in a near tie with diarrheal diseases as a leading cause of death in children under 5 worldwide. It's estimated that pneumonia kills ...

According to World Health Organization (WHO), Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children under 5 years worldwide, accounting for over 2.5 million death annually.

Although anyone can develop pneumonia, those most at risk are children under 2, adults 65 and older ... Children younger than 5 and adults 50 and older are also recommended to get vaccinated ...