UNICEF Wants Govt to Do More in Tackling Pneumonia

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*As Nigeria leads in pneumonia child deaths with 162,000

Kuni Tyessi in Abuja

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented the negligence of federal, state and local governments in their activities concerning pneumonia and its consequences in the lives of children under five.

As a result of this, in a statement made available by UNICEF, the acting representative in Nigeria, Pernille Ironside, said just five countries were responsible for more than half of child pneumonia deaths after Nigeria leading with 162,000 deaths.

Others are India with 127,000, Pakistan 58,000, the Democratic Republic of Congo 40,000, and Ethiopia 32,000.

He said increased investment was critical to the fight against this disease as “Only through cost-effective, protective, preventative and treatment interventions delivered to where children are – including especially the most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach – will we be able to save hundreds of…



Source: Thisday Newspaper