One child dies of pneumonia every 39 seconds, agencies warn
LONDON/NEW YORK/BARCELONA (November 12, 2019)—Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five last year, or one child every 39 seconds, according to a new analysis. Most deaths occurred among children under the age of two, and almost 153,000 within the first month of life. [1] Sounding the alarm about this forgotten…