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UN: $39 billion needed for pneumonia

November 2, 2009 By The Associated Press  MARIA CHENG (AP Medical Writer)

LONDON (AP) — To fight pneumonia, the world's top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion (€26.35 billion) over the next six years.

On the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF are releasing a global plan aiming to save more than 5 million children from dying of pneumonia by 2015.

The plea for money is less than what...

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