It was a bright and sunny day with clear skies in the village of Gafia, in Katsina, Northern Nigeria, when we visited seventeen-year-old Shamsiyya Bello. She welcomed us warmly into her home, stealing loving glances at the sleeping newborn in her arms. She proudly...
Pneumonia is a common respiratory illness in children from North America to Africa. Yet, on this World Pneumonia Day, we also recognize that it remains the single biggest killer of children under five in the world, causing more deaths each year than AIDS, malaria, and...
