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The burden of childhood pneumonia in India and prospects for control
Abhishek Pandey, Alison P. Galvani ·
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Pneumonia continues to be the leading cause of mortality in children worldwide, with India accounting for 20% of those deaths and a higher burden of childhood pneumonia than any other country.1 In The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Brian Wahl and colleagues2 report the first comprehensive evaluation of state-specific pneumonia incidence in children in India using a risk factor-based modelling approach. By calculating the effect of temporal changes in prevalence of well-known pneumonia risk factors such as malnutrition, incomplete immunisation, and exposure to indoor air pollution on incidence, the authors estimated the change in pneumonia morbidity over time.