Nigeria: Fighting Pneumonia, the Silent Killer of Children

14 November 2011
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Pneumonia is said to be the number one killer of children across the world. Adebiyi Adedapo writes on the effort of a Non-Governmental Organsation (NGO) Vaccine Network for Disease Control, to help tackle the disease

Pneumonia is a deadly disease that is usually overlooked because of lack of knowledge. Often times, children are wrongly diagnosed and treated for malaria in Nigeria. Consequently, its victims are left without adequate care, resulting in death.

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