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Fighting for Breath report 2019
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- “Fighting for Breath- A call to action on childhood pneumonia” released by UNICEF.
- As per the report, Pneumonia is one of the leading killers of children in India, claiming more than 14 children under the age of 5 years every hour in 2018.
- It killed over 1,27,000 under-five children in 2018 with high risk factors of malnutrition (53%) and pollution (Outdoor air pollution -27% & Indoor air pollution-22%).
- Five countries responsible for more than half of child pneumonia deaths includes Nigeria (162,000), India (127,000), Pakistan (58,000), the Democratic Republic of Congo (40,000) and Ethiopia (32,000).
- According to Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and Diarrhoea (GAPPD), the global target for pneumonia mortality rate for children under five by 2025 is three per 1000 live births.
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