Approximate annual number of deaths in children less than 5 years of age caused by individual pathogens (millions) (32)
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The United Nations Children's Fund recently reported that 12 million children under the age of 5 die each year in the world. Many of these deaths could be prevented by adequate vaccination programs for infectious diseases (31). For more information on some of the leading causes of death, the following pages may prove helpful:
Measles
Rotavirus
HIV
Pneumococcus
HaemophilusInfluenzaeTypeB
Malaria
African
Trypanosomiasis