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How pneumonia has become a deadly child killer

Every 39 seconds one child loses his battle with pneumonia. Kevin Watkins, CEO of Save the Children, explains how the disease is easily treatable with inexpensive antibiotics but due to misdiagnosis and extreme poverty the children most in need of treatment are being deprived.

Photo: A boy is examined for pneumonia in Abidjan, West Africa Credit: Getty Images

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