How the world can save 6 million lives this May

The Campaign:

Every year, 6.9 million children lose their lives to preventable causes such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and undernutrition. A terrible reality made worse by the fact that we know what each one of these major killers are, and the solutions to tackle them. What is missing is political will and action.

This is the foundation of World Vision’s Child Health Now campaign through combined international action from the corridors of power to the communities in which we work we aim to shift the global political and health agenda in order to save the lives of millions of children. And we need your help.

Together we can end preventable deaths.

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2013-06-17 : Andrew Griffiths, Child Health Policy Advisor , World Vision UK

G8 stunted agenda on nutrition

In 2009 the G8 leaders, to great acclaim, pledged $20bn over three years to tackle food insecurity. Four years on and only $15bn has been spent. This year, governments, businesses and NGOs like World Vision pledged $4bn to tackle childhood undernutrition. Yet these are still just promises and, as the 2009 G8 story demonstrates, the G8 has a rather chequered history with actually delivering on promises. Read Andrew Griffiths blog on this years G8 summit.

2013-06-14 : Rose Ndolo, National Nutrition Coordinator, World Vision Kenya

The moment and window of opportunity to tackle undernutrition is now!

National Nutrition Coordinator for World Vision Kenya, Rose Ndolo, reflects on attending the Nutrition for Growth summit in London last Saturday and what the recent momentum could mean for improving nutrition.

2013-06-12 :

Every day, Mexican mothers die before even giving birth

“There is still one pregnant women out of every 48 who dies in Mexico” declared Luis del Rio, national director – World Vision Mexico. “It is unacceptable because we have skills and the infrastructure to prevent thousands of deaths associated with pregnancy.”  That is why World Vision Mexico recently launched the Child Health Now campaign, which will focus on advocacy to improve the access of women and children to health services.

2013-06-11 :

G8 Accountability report ‘baffling’ on nutrition, says World Vision

The G8’s accountability report, released ahead of the main summit in just over a week’s time, is weak on nutrition at a time when it should be the opposite. The report has the G8 claiming they have led or supported a number of initiatives related to maternal, newborn and child health, including the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. But what is not clear in the report is what this support for nutrition looks like in practice for the countries who have signed up to this movement.

2013-06-10 :

‘A Bold Vision for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty’: World Vision Responds to the UN Report

World Vision welcomes the 30 May report of the High Level Panel (HLP) on the Post-2015 Development Agenda as, ‘Presenting a bold vision for the eradication of extreme poverty’. The majority of priority issues that World Vision advocated for are reflected in the report in varying degrees. The challenge is now for the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, to retain and strengthen the HLP’s proposals as he prepares his recommendations for the important UN General Assembly in September.