He walked into the room, his face sagging because his three-year-old daughter had just been admitted into the hospital for pneumonia. Pneumonia, silent killer of childrenUnfortunately, pneumonia, an infection of the lungs, is common in children and it may have become severe by the time it is spotted. Pneumonia is actually one of the diseases they could succumb to.”Sadly, he pointed out that globally, pneumonia kill more children than malaria. “If your child is under nourished, all sorts of infection can come including pneumonia,” he added. According to him, “one of the reasons why children die is because a child with pneumonia present with fever.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 11, 2018 04:17 UTC