The World Health Organization says that pneumonia is now the leading infectious disease cause of death among children globally. It is said to account for about 15 percent of all deaths in children under 5 years old.

It is for this reason that global pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, is to partner with South Africa’s Biovac Institute to produce vaccine agaist pneumonia for infants, a cabinet minister has said.

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