Child Survival: Did You Know?

USAID:

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. 

Nearly 30 years ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with the support of the U.S. Congress, launched a “child survival revolution” aimed at reducing the number of deaths among young children in developing countries.  At the time, an estimated 15 million children under age 5 in the developing world died from common preventable diseases each year.  Without reduced rates of mortality, the number of deaths today would be about 17 million each year. Instead, the latest estimates indicate that there are fewer than 7 million child deaths globally, still far too high but clearly indicating great progress.

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