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Pneumonia kills more children under 5 years of age than any other infectious disease, but affordable and effective treatment and prevention measures are available. The time has come for the world to wake up to this forgotten killer.
The increasing problem of antibiotic resistance is regarded as a serious threat to public health. Can education help to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics?