Pneumonia action falling short

Pneumonia kills more children under five every year - 1.6 million - than measles, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The report's lead author and IVAC's executive director, Orin Levine, said unimplemented policies were at fault. "We have safe effective proven interventions that can decrease under-five deaths by two-thirds, but they are simply not reaching the children who need them the most." Read on.