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Pneumonia is the leading cause of death amongst Chinese children, accounting for 17 percent of deaths in under-5s, according to a new study.But the number of children in China who die before reaching the age of five has dropped by 70 percent since 1990 "“ from 6.5 percent of live births to 1.9 percent.The team predicts that complications caused by premature birth will soon become the leading cause of childhood death in China as increased access to hospital treatment cuts the number of...

Fundraising Gala, Presented by Baccarat, to Take Place in New York City on Dec. 2 NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The UNICEF Snowflake Ball will take place on December 2 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The special evening is an annual black-tie fundraising gala celebrating the lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake and honoring those individuals who have made key contributions to UNICEF's mission to save and improve children's lives worldwide. During the evening, UNICEF...

Almost a third of the children under age five who die each year could be saved if governments rebalance health spending to ensure low-cost, simple interventions such as safe water and hygiene, bed nets and basic maternal and newborn care, leading aid agency World Vision said today. Currently, 8.8 million children a year die before age five, most of preventable causes.A new report by the Christian humanitarian agency calls for scaling up simple preventive health measures for mothers and...

New report By African Science AcademiesThe lives of almost 4 million women, newborns, and children in sub-Saharan Africa could be saved every year if well-established, affordable health care interventions reached 90 percent of families, according to a joint report by the national science academies of seven African countries. Many African nations are underutilizing existing scientific knowledge to save lives, says the report, which calls on scientists, health care providers, policymakers, and...

Youngest UNICEF Ambassador to travel to West Africa to witness life saving programs NEW YORK, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today announced the appointment of actress and singer Selena Gomez as its newest Ambassador. Gomez will use her voice, recognition and commitment to children's issues to fundraise, educate and advocate on behalf of UNICEF and support the organization's mission to help reduce the number of daily preventable deaths of children, from 25,000...

WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In commemoration of the Day of the African Child, The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today released a report titled Two Decades of Progress: USAID's Child Survival and Maternal Health Program. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACN044.pdf  Global child deaths have fallen from 15 million per year in the 1980s to 9.2 million in 2008. The Two Decades of Progress report documents this progress and showcases USAID's...

Improving nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization and child pneumonia case management will reduce pneumonia deaths in children, U.S. researchers said. Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore found that combining the strategies could reduce total child mortality worldwide by 17 percent and could reduce pneumonia deaths by more than 90 percent. The most cost-effective interventions were programs to promote better community-based treatment of...

Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunization coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers found that these strategies combined could reduce total child mortality by 17 percent and could reduce pneumonia deaths by more than 90 percent. Pneumonia is a leading cause of death of infants in...

Call to Action demonstrates commitment to combating a leading killer of children worldwide WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PATH and WaterAid America released two new reports today that show that the international aid community and developing-country governments are not responding to clear evidence on child mortality by targeting resources where the disease burden is greatest. Diarrheal disease, a leading killer of children under age five worldwide, is responsible for the...

By Edith M. Lederer UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Children's Fund said Friday the number of children who die before the age of five has declined by 27 percent over the last two decades, and the rate is expected to continue falling. According to new UNICEF figures, there were 68 deaths per 1,000 live births around the world in 2007 compared with 93 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990. That means there were 9.2 million child deaths in 2007, a decline from 12.7 million in 1990. "Since 1960, the...