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Pneumonia claims 234 child lives in Pakistan’s Punjab amid smog, frosty weather

  • Punjab health minister says mortality rate among children is around 10% higher than previous years due to long spell of cold, smog  
  • Public health expert says pneumonia is a seasonal disease which can be prevented through vaccination and breast-feeding children 
By Aamir Saeed ·

Hospitals in Pakistan’s Punjab province fill with children suffering from pneumonia

By Arab News Pakistan ·

Pneumonia killed over 7,000 children aged under five in Sindh this year — official 

By Arab News Pakistan ·

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