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Keeping children alive and healthy, and enabling them to learn and thrive through adolescence, is imperative for the future of every country. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on average in developing countries, for every 1,000 children, 100 die before the age of five. Around the world, thousands of children die every year from preventable causes: illnesses caused by contaminated water, inadequate immunization, injuries from war and civil conflict, high levels of poverty and malnutrition, HIV/AIDS and the high incidence of malaria and tuberculosis.
Goal 4 sets out to reverse this trend by cutting the mortality rate of children under five by two-thirds by the year 2015. This Goal is inextricably tied to the fight against poverty because the poor are the least likely to receive the health services needed to protect the lives of their children. Targets: - Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.
Useful links Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group (CORE)
CORE is a network of more than 35 non-profit organizations working together to promote and improve primary health care programs for women and children. UNICEF: Child and Maternal survival
The UNICEF Community Health programme believes that maternal health is central to protecting children's health and development. Its goals are to reduce the number of preventable maternal and child deaths and illnesses by 2010. Save the Children
Save the Children's health programmes work to bring about substantial improvements in the health of families and communities, paying special attention to the needs of women and children.
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