At a time when effort to stem the tide of vaccine preventable diseases has been intensified, about 130,000 Nigerian children still lose their lives annually to pneumonia related ailments.
Speaking at a function to mark this year World Pneumonia Day, Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Ado Muhammed, said, notwithstanding the introduction of new vaccines, there are still challenges confronting the country in preventing pneumonia.
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