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Pneumonia accounts for 16% of all deaths of children under 5 years old, killing 920 136 children in 2015.

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(1) HumanoSphere, (n.d.). A Somali child in severe respiratory distress in a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, suffering from HIB (haemophilus influenzae type B) infection - the bacteria that causes both meningitis and pneumonia.. [image] Available at: http://www.humanosphere.org/science/2014/11/visualizing-progress-pneumonia/#prettyPhoto/0/ [Accessed 29 Mar. 2017].

(2) Unicef Connect, (2015). Three Syrian children follow along during a handwashing demonstration at a school in Domiz Camp for Syrian refugees in Dohuk Governorate, Iraq. [image] Available at: https://blogs.unicef.org/blog/5-facts-about-childhood-pneumonia/ [Accessed 29 Mar. 2017].

(3) REUTERS, (2016). Children in poverty stricken countries face higher chances of contracting pneumonia and diarrhoea due to malnutrition and poor water quality. [image] Available at: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/1-4-million-children-die-each-year-pneumonia-diarrhoea-asia-africa-most-prone-diseases-1591197 [Accessed 29 Mar. 2017].

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(6) World Pneumonia Day Poster. (2013). 1st ed. http://stoppneumonia.org/, pp.Cause of death among children under 5 years; 60% of childhood pneumonia deaths are concentrated in a handful countries.

(7) AFP, (2010). A Pakistani doctor examines a sick child held by her mother at a medical clinic in Rojhan Mazari. Officials warn that millions are at risk from food shortages and disease.. [image] Available at: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/111116/india-has-highest-number-of-children-dying-from-pneumonia-diarrhoea.html [Accessed 29 Mar. 2017].

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"Stopping pneumonia isn’t about luck. It’s about action."

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