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Save The Children Encouraged By Progress
Save The Children Encouraged By Progress
Save the Children New Zealand’s Chief Executive, Liz Gibbs, said today she is very encouraged that the Pacific region’s advancement of the Millennium Development Goals will be reviewed at the 41st Pacific Islands Forum Leader’s meeting in Vanuatu next week.
The MDGs set ambitious outcomes to be achieved by 2015, including addressing maternal and child mortality. Save the Children has launched a five-year campaign called EVERY ONE based on the MDGs to reduce child mortality rates, she said.
‘Every year nine million children die needlessly from easily preventable diseases before they reach the age of five. It’s estimated 5.4 million children's lives could be saved each year through low cost survival services and practices in the 42 countries where 90 per cent of the under-five deaths occur. Our campaign www.do1thing.og.nz is all about challenging New Zealanders to do one thing and donate the proceeds.
EVERY ONE will help us increase investment in maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition practices that have a high impact on reducing deaths,’ said Ms Gibbs.
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