Opinion: 3 ways to end preventable child deaths from pneumonia

Testing pneumonia diagnostic tools © Tine Frank

Pneumonia is the deadliest infectious disease among children under the age of 5 worldwide — more than HIV, tuberculosis, Zika, Ebola, and malaria combined.

Annually, the disease claims 921,000 deaths, or 16 percent of all deaths among children under 5 years old globally. A disproportionate amount of all childhood deaths from pneumonia occurs in countries marked by conflict, poverty, and weak health systems.

Shockingly, these deaths can be largely prevented as the disease can be easily detected and treated.

Read the original article in Devex.