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India loses four lakh children to pneumonia, diarrhoea before they turn five, says report [1]

It, along with Nigeria, continues to have low coverage levels for prevention and treatment interventions

India continues to have the highest pneumonia and diarrhoeal disease burden in the world, losing 4,00,000 children to these preventable diseases before they turn five, the latest report has revealed. Many more suffer from severe illness.

Publication Date: 
13/11/2013
Aarti Dhar [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Pneumonia [5], Diarrhoea [6], Children [7], Diseases [8], Child Health [9], Health Effects [10], UNICEF [11], WHO [12], Indoor Air Pollution [13], Health [14]
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