Pneumococcal Vaccine Industry to Grow US$ 11 Billion by 2020
The burden of child pneumonia and diarrhea mortality continues to be most heavily concentrated in just a few countries. The 15 countries with the greatest number of under-five child deaths from pneumonia and diarrhea in 2013 bore 71% of the global burden of child deaths from these two diseases in spite of accounting for only 56% of the world's under five year old population.Improved living standards and access to antibiotics have transformed the trajectory of pneumonia in the developed world.
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