War on child-killer hots up
05 July 2016 - 09:41
Despite an excellent immunisation programme, pneumonia still stalks far too many children in South Africa. This is the finding of the Drakenstein Child Health Study, which is tracking 1000 mother-child pairs in Paarl over several years.Pneumonia is the leading killer of children under the age of five, claiming about a million lives a year worldwide.
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