Advocacy

•  Global Child Survival Act passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is currently awaiting full vote on the floor. The House version of the bill (H.R.2266) is also awaiting a mark up in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

•  List of cosponsors updated April 29, 2008

Resources

•  Mark Mother’s Day With a Gift for the World’s Children  -  US Coalition for Child Survival

•  State of the World's Mothers 2008: Closing the Survival Gap for Children Under 5 -  Save the Children

•  Tracking progress in maternal, newborn & child survival (pdf) -  Countdown to 2015, World Health Organization

Child Survival News

•  A Gift for Children on Mother’s Day (Blog Entry) -  ONE Campaign

•  More aid is essential for women and children in poor countries (Editorial) -  Kansas City Star

•  Saving a Life  -  CBN News

•  Day for healthier mothers (Editorial) -  Seattle Post-Intelligencer

•  Children still at risk in developing world (Op-Ed) -  South Florida Sun-Sentinel

•  An Idea for Mother’s Day (blog entry) -  ONE Campaign

•  200 million children worldwide lack basic health care  -  Tennessean

•  India children's health 'ignored'  -  BBC News

•  Six million children "need not die every year"  -  IRIN News

•  Child health care lacking for many, group says  -  Boston Globe

•  Report Says Basic Medical Care Could Save Lives of 6 Million Children a Year  -  Voice of America

•  The best and worst places to be a mother or child: survey  -  Canadian Broadcasting Centre

•  10M children worldwide die from lack of health care  -  Associated Press

•  Philippines, Peru lauded for child health progress  -  Reuters

•  Over 200 Million Children Lack Basic Health Care, Report Finds (press release)  -  Save the Children

•  May 24-26, 2008 - CCIH Annual Conference: Community Health and Wholeness - Christian Connections for International Health

•  May 25-28, 2008 - Strengthening Health Systems and the Global Health Workforce - Geneva Health Forum

•  May 27-31, 2008 - 35th Annual International Conference - Community Health: Delivering, Serving, Engaging, Leading - Global Health Council