... in those areas, children are less likely to be immunized against killer diseases and parents are less likely to be able to pay for health care when they get sick. We know a lot of diseases responsible for deaths, but actually almost 90% of these deaths are caused by only a handful of six diseases (*): pneumonia, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, measles and diarrhoea. In the past, they have caused important ravages, sometimes killing even more people than wars. And nowadays, with all the vaccines, the antibiotics and the great scientific progress, these diseases should have been brought under control. But, in third world countries, they continue to kill at an alarming rate. Pneumonia kills more children than any other infectious disease and the 99% occur in developing countries. This disease often affects children who were born with a low weight or those whose immune systems are weakened by ...

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