A Comment in this week's edition of The Lancet highlights the first ever World Pneumonia day, and the forthcoming strategy of WHO and UNICEF to tackle this forgotten killer of children. The Comment is written by Dr Bill Frist, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, and Dr Richard Sezibera, Minister of Health for Rwanda. Dr Frist is the former US Senate Majority Leader, a trustee of Save the Children, and chairs the Survive to 5 Campaign and Hope Through Healing Hands.
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