In today's show, we heard from Dr Richard van Zyl Smit - Specialist Pulmonologists at UCT’s Lung
Institute. He joined us on the line to talk about Pneumonia. November 12th,
marked the 4th World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia is an infection of the
lungs, filling them with fluid. It causes cough and fever and can make
breathing difficult. It is also reported that Pneumonia is the world's leading
killer of children under five, claiming one young life every 20 seconds. That's
more than AIDS, Malaria and Measles combined
but the good news is that we can win the fight against pneumonia. More than one
million young lives can be saved annually with vaccines and antibiotics,
reducing indoor air pollution and through breastfeeding for the first six
months of life. Dr van Zyl Smit explained more. For
more information about Pneumonia visit www.worldpneumoniaday.org
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