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Pneumonia kills more children than any other disease. According to the WHO and UNICEF, approximately 16 percent of child deaths each year are caused by the illness. It is an infectious disease that can be effectively treated with inexpensive antibiotics 

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Video: Malaria Consortium has been one of the leading implementers of community based primary healthcare programmes involving pneumonia diagnostics and treatment for over a decade. This includes the inception and testing of new tools to diagnose the disease

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