Good nutrition is crucuial to achieve good health in all ages, but especially in the youngest ones.
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Pneumonia still kills almost a million children each year, making it the biggest child killer. Most of its victims are less than 2 years old. Learn more about pneumonia and how to prevent it here.
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Diarrheal diseases are easy to prevent, but is still one of the biggest child killers. In the past few years there has been a reduction in diarrheal deaths, in part thanks to the new Rota vaccine.
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Even though malaria cases have gone down in the past 20 years, the battle is still not won, and in some places there's a backlash. There is also the threat of drug resistance that can revert this positive trend. Learn more about our third biggest child killer - malaria.
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Vaccination is one of the main successes in public health. Learn more about common childhood vaccinations, both old and new.
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