<span style="color: #222222;">A global study has warned that more than 17 lakh children in India are likely to die of pneumonia by 2030, despite the infection being easily curable.</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The study by UK-based NGO, Save the Children, released on the occasion of the World Pneumonia Day today, found that the infectious disease is likely to kill over&nbsp;one crore children under five by 2030.</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Nigeria, India, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are likely to bear the highest burden of deaths, according to the report.</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The report also shows that more than 40 lakhs of these deaths could be easily averted with concerted action to improve rates of vaccination, treatment and nutrition.</span><br />” <br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The disease is the biggest infectious killer for children globally, killing more than malaria, diarrhoea and measles combined.</span><br />