It's not a pleasant thought and it kills almost 2,000,000 children every year -- twenty percent of children's deaths worldwide.
There's been a cheap and extremely effective treatment available for more than two decades.
It costs about 30¢ per dose, but the World Health Organization hasn't been able to find funding to provide this life-saving medicine in the areas and quantities where it's needed.
More at Agence France-Presse
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