Save the Children, Unicef and Every Breath Counts Coalition, in a report published on Tuesday marking World Pneumonia Day, stated that pneumonia killed more than 12,000 Bangladeshi children in 2018. According to the report, nearly four children lost their lives every three hours in Bangladesh last year meaning that pneumonia caused 13% of the total child [under the age of five] deaths in the country. Commenting on the findings, Dr Shamim Jahan, director - Health, Nutrition & HIV/AIDS, Save the Children told Dhaka tribune that pneumonia, a preventable disease, kills more children than any other infection in Bangladesh. “Only a little awareness can bring the number of child deaths caused by pneumonia to its lowest,” she said. The report further stated that pneumonia was the third major cause of child deaths in 2017 in Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 12, 2019 18:49 UTC