Child Mortality: Pneumonia

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Background on Pneumonia Mortality

15% of all child deaths in 2017 were caused by pneumonia. In 1990, this number was more than 2 million. But in 2017, this number has fallen more than 66%. The major contributors to childhood pneumonia are childhood wasting (chronic malnutrition), air pollution, poor sanitation, and poverty. But there have been developments in vaccines and antibiotics allowing…