There are two new reports out on the status of the Millennium Development Goal the UN set to reduce by 2/3 the number of children dying before their fifth birthday by the year 2015. So many of these deaths are preventable, and revolve around access to clean water and sanitation. For more information check out the report from Water Aid at http://www.wateraidamerica.org/includes/documents/cm_docs/2009/f/fatal_neglect_wateraid_america.pdf (please cut and paste in your web browser if this doesn't link does not work). And be sure to check out the rest of the site at www.wateraidamerica.org.
"The aid system is not responding to the causes of child mortality in a targeted
manner. The Millennium Development Goal to reduce by two-thirds the number
of children dying before their fifth birthday by 2015 (MDG 4) is seriously offtrack.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, on current trends, it will not be met until 2064."
--from the Water Aid report Fatal Neglect: How Health Systems Are Failing to Comprehensively Address Child Mortality.
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