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Pneumonia Report Card Shows Prevention, Treatment Tools Not Widely Adopted In Countries Where Disease Kills Most Children
In advance of World Pneumonia Day, the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) on Thursday released a report card (.pdf) showing that pneumonia prevention and intervention targets are not being met in the 15 countries where three-quarters of deaths in children under age 5 from the disease occur each year, IRIN reports (11/11).
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