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Article: PROTECT YOUR CHILD AGAINST PNEUMONIA THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- November 2, 2009
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MEDIA RELEASE PR36842
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Protect Your Child Against Pneumonia the Leading Cause of Death in Children
World Pneumonia Day 2 November 2009
SYDNEY, Nov. 2/Medianet International-AsiaNet/ -- Up to 61 million children under the age of five in South East Asia are expected to develop pneumonia over the next year[1].
Pneumonia kills more children than any other illness more than aids, malaria and measles combined[2]. Alarming statistics show that one child dies from pneumonia every 15 seconds. 5,500 children every day. Two million children every year[3].
World Pneumonia Day ...