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Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 mn children by 2030, study warns

Doctors treat a child in Ivory Coast, where pneumonia is second only to malaria as a killer of infants. The killer disease affecting the pulmonary system, in a new study will kill 11 million plus children by 2030. [AFP / SIA KAMBOU]

Pneumonia will kill nearly 11 million children under five by 2030, experts warned Monday on a global day aimed at raising awareness of the biggest infectious killer of infants worldwide.

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