USAID helping to improve child survival worldwide

Chris Thomas of the USAID Bureau for Global Health writes in the agency's "IMPACT Blog," "America's legacy in child survival is a proud one: With strong bipartisan support, U.S. support of global health has saved many millions of lives." He discusses a "child survival revolution" launched 30 years ago by USAID, UNICEF, and Congress "aimed at reducing the number of deaths among young children in developing countries," and he notes the annual number of under-five child deaths has dropped from 15 million worldwide to less than seven million since then. He adds, "But a child dying anywhere in the world is a tragic loss and undermines peace and stability," and he describes USAID's work to help implement innovations in child survival, including the Child Survival Call to Action (9/13).