Photo: Yolanda Barbera/IRC
Worldwide, pneumonia kills more children under the age of five than any other cause. Learn how two simple tools -- a timer and a string of beads -- are lifesavers in the hands of IRC-trained community health workers.
Today is World Pneumonia Day, an opportunity to raise awareness of what has been called a “forgotten killer of children.”
Worldwide, pneumonia kills more children under the age of five than any other cause -- 1.1 million kids in 2012 alone. Each year within this age group there are an estimated 120 million new cases, but little is being done to reach children in some of the world’s poorest and most remote communities.