Military Times – 6.15.12
"Africa’s most precious resource is its children. Sadly, too many of those children face a future threatened by sickness, disease, morbidity and mortality."
The Economist – 5.19.12
"Better policies, better government, new technology and other benefits are starting to bear fruit."
Written by Rachel Fox, ONE blog – 5.31.12
"Think of the world changing that would come with more than 7 million more stories to tell!!"
Written by Carla Koppel, Huffington Post Impact – 5.10.12
"By working together, we can raise awareness of the need to ensure promising futures for women, as well as the girls and boys they help shepherd toward bright futures."
Written by Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH, IMPACTblog – 5.10.12
"Expanding access to quality health care closer to the home will improve child survival in low-income countries."
Written by Dr. Ariel Pablos-Mendez, IMPACTblog – 4.23.12
"USAID will increasingly rely on low-cost, easy-to-use interventions that achieve highest impact by preventing and treating the leading causes of child death..."
Written by Rajiv Shah, Global Motherhood Blog – 4.22.12
"Everyone has a role to play when it comes to the survival of the world's children. All we have to do is act."
Kaiser Family Foundation – 4.23.12
"We have the tools we need to change this brutal fact of life...Together these tools cost about $30"
Voice of America – 4.6.12
"Twenty years ago, every fifth child died by the age of five. Today, 10 out of 11
make it past their fifth birthday."
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ABC News – 6.14.12
"I cannot imagine what it would’ve been like driving my wife to the hospital pregnant, about to give birth and thinking to myself well there’s a 15 percent chance that each of these children won’t live to be five years old."
Politico – 6.13.12
"Using existing resources and simple technologies, like bed nets, the initiative is building support for the groundbreaking new focus on child survival in Congo."
WP Opinions – 5.30.12
"'The biggest, best story in development.' That is how Michael Clements, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, described swiftly declining child mortality rates in Africa."
Written by Phyllis A. Bjorkman, The News Tribune – 5.23.12
"How many children under 5 are dying each year? More than 7 million children from malnutrition, diarrhea and pneumonia especially."
Political Ticker – 5.10.12
"Imagine if these two women didn't live to see their 5th birthday.
A young Hillary Clinton growing up in the Chicago suburbs wouldn't have grown up to be first lady, a senator and now secretary of state."
Impact Magazine – 5.09.12
"It’s about how to reach that child in a rural, hard-to-access area of the developing world with all of these key interventions – not just one of them."
PSI Healthy Lives – 5.01.12
"To reach five years, though, a child must take his or her first breath of life in the first minute following birth."
Written by Nicole Schiegg, The White House Blog – 4.23.12
"We have the tools we need to change this brutal fact of life...Together these tools cost about $30"
Washington Post – 3.12.12
"We're working to improve maternal health and end preventable deaths of children."
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Written by Ben Affleck, Global Motherhood Blog – 7.17.12
"This victory is just one rung on a tall ladder -- and in some cases, our foot is still on the bottom rung."
Andrea Mitchell Report – 6.13.12
"Most of what it takes to save these kids' lives costs less than $30 and fits inside this backpack."
Written by Dr. Rajiv Shah, Global Motherhood Blog – 6.14.12
"Through shared action, strategic partnerships, and creative social media campaigns, we can finally bring an end preventable child death."
Written by Chip Lyons, Global Motherhood Blog – 6.01.12
"It's a sad fact that without early treatment, 80% of children with HIV don't survive to see their fifth birthday."
UNICEF Field Notes – 5.23.12
"Measuring the circumference of a child’s upper arm with what are called malnutrition tapes helps identify and treat childhood malnutrition."
Christian Science Monitor – 5.09.12
"SHOUHARDO is about much more than food...it strikes at the underlying causes of malnutrition, including the deep inequities between women and men."
Written by Deborah Phillips, Global Motherhood Blog – 5.07.12
"Every kid deserves the simple wishes that go along with a carefree childhood."
Written by Chrysula Winegar, A Million Moms Challenge – 4.23.12
"USAID is celebrating 5th birthdays. You can join the movement for more children to reach their 5th birthday..."
Written by Jordan Rief, IMPACTblog – 4.10.12
"When I think about how a single mosquito bite almost deprived the world of this amazing kid, it makes me want to do whatever I can to get the word out about malaria. "
Washington Post – 2.28.12
"The future course of human progress will be determined by our ability to ensure
the right conditions exist for every child born in the developing world to survive
childhood...."
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