Ambassador Rice lauds India's role in fighting polio, ensuring child survival

U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice on Tuesday spoke at a reception at the U.S. Embassy in India meant "to highlight the Call to Action initiative against child mortality," Zee News reports (8/29). Rice "[l]aud[ed] India's role for taking on the challenge as a co-convener of the 'Child Survival Call to Action,' a global initiative launched jointly by the governments of United States, India and Ethiopia in collaboration with UNICEF," the Business Standard writes (8/28). According to her remarks, Rice said, "Thanks to advances in technology, knowledge and expansion of health programs, as well as the leadership of countries such as India, today it is possible to eliminate preventable child death. India's success in nearly stopping the transmission of polio shows what can be achieved with a program of focused and well-coordinated international cooperation" (8/28).