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December 2008

Do the right thing - Washington Times

Let’s savour our successes in the midst of bad times - Business Daily (Kenya)

BBC drama aims to educate - Phnom Penh Post

Malaria vaccine on the way to final-stage trials - Science and Development Network

Scores dying from disease in Congo conflict - CNN

'We could save 7 million children' - Guardian

Defeat Malaria? Yes We Can. - Wall Street Journal

Looking Under the Hood and Seeing an Incubator - New York Times

Global initiatives in universal childhood immunisation - Lancet (subscription only)

Tracking progress towards universal childhood immunisation and the impact of global initiatives - Lancet (subscription only)

The Glaxo-Gates Malaria Vaccine - New York Times

Global immunization rates may be exaggerated - Reuters

The best places to breed - Economist

Report Sounds Alarm on Child Accidents - New York Times

Eritrea’s Significant Achievement in Child Health - Shaebia (Eritrea)

Gates, PATH work closer to effective malaria vaccine - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A Hopeful Beginning for Malaria Vaccines - New England Journal of Medicine

Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials - U.S. News and World Report

U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century - Center for Global Development

Malaria 'early warning' test hope - BBC News

Worldwide Measles Deaths Drop Dramatically - U.S. News & World Report

The machine creating water out of thin air - CNN

Global public health: a scorecard - Lancet (subscription only)

Documentary on Child Survival in Africa launched - My Joy Online (Ghana)

Raising the World’s I.Q. - New York Times

West's pledge to tackle global poverty has been crowded out by our own crisis - Guardian

Testing newborns for HIV can save lives - Seattle Times

HIV/AIDS Testing Campaign in Kenya Successfully Combines Diarrhea and Malaria Prevention - Voice of America


November 2008

Cost of Rebuilding U.N.'s Palace? A Billion Dollars - Fox News

New malaria drug technologies unveiled - Science and Development Network

Sudan child survival initiative moves into second phase in northern states - ReliefWeb

UNICEF urges Asia Pacific to protect health of poor - ABC Radio Australia

Chissano: Don't let financial crisis affect African child health - Top News Health

Poor state of African child worry leaders - Afrique en Ligne

Sanitation is everyone's business - Guardian

It’s Time to Stand Up for People that Can’t Sit Down - The ONE Blog

MDGs 4,5 achievable in child, mother survival - New Nation (Bangladesh)

The killer of children - Guardian

Obama's plans for US and global health - Lancet (subscription only)

On the way down - Mail & Guardian

Necessary Angels - National Geographic

Group turns to toilet talk on Capitol lawn - Washington Examiner

Ode to the commode - Los Angeles Times

Don't Laugh: World Toilet Day Aims to Promote Sanitation, Rid World of Disease - Fox News

The reality of latrine shortage - Daily Monitor (Uganda)

BANGLADESH: Children and women suffer severe malnutrition - IRIN News

As children starve, world struggles for solution - CNN

LIBERIA: No relief as most Monrovians go without toilets - IRIN News

Technology to eradicate malaria - BBC News

More Children Sleep Under Malaria Nets, but Millions Still Do Not - New York Times

Toilet training: Taking sanitation seriously - CNN

Finding Humour and Tragedy in That Daily Ritual - Inter Press Service

Global Health Leaders Urge Continued Aid During Financial Turmoil - America.gov

ZAMBIA: New Spending On Rural Health - Inter Press Service

Community Nutrition Program a Success in Madagascar - World Bank

Water and sanitation: a matter of health - Lancet Student

Impact of the global financial and economic crisis on health - World Health Organization

Malaria vaccine set for clinical trials in Africa next year - AFP

Team Fights Waterborne Diseases in Developing Countries - Taiwan News

Motherhood is not a Universal Experience - Center for Global Development

An in-depth conversation with Rose George, author of "The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters" - Foreign Exchange (video)

Improving Neonatal Survival & Equity in sub-Saharan Africa: Politics & Possibilities - Lancet Student

Hunger must be on presidential plate - Boston Herald

Protecting health during the economic crisis - Lancet (subscription req'd)


October 2008

Malaria Remains Daunting Public Health Challenge - Voice of America

Malaria effort a rare public-health success story in Africa - Globe & Mail

Rwanda: Diarrhoea Third Highest Infant Killer - SIS Report - AllAfrica.com

Breastfeeding can cut infant mortality by one-third - The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Malaria deaths in Gambia drop steeply-study - Reuters

Action call over maternal deaths - BBC News

WHO Reports Immunization Programs Save Millions of Lives - Voice of America

KENYA: Child deaths on the rise - IRIN News

New study presents state of the world's health - World Health Organization

WEST AFRICA: Primary Health Care Key to MDGs - Inter Press Service

Africa’s Time is Now and Malaria's Time is Up - The World Bank

The Global Killer You Never Heard Of - Inter Press Service

Vaccine helps prevent diarrhea in infants - Seattle Times

U.S. must lead way on child survival - Daily Herald (WA)

Hold whoever is elected accountable on poverty - Capital Times (WI)

Behind Milk Scandal, a Drop in Breast-Feeding - Washington Post

Raising the profile of pneumococcal disease - Lancet (subscription req'd)

Rwanda: Country to Save More Lives, to Introduce Pneumococcal Vaccine - AllAfrica.com

Children more vulnerable to environment - UPI

Fearing a Drought of Aid - Washington Post

A push for development abroad - Christian Science Monitor

Interventions to Promote Breast-Feeding Succeed - Washington Post

AU says food crisis could defeat Millennium Goals - Reuters

Swaziland About To Eliminate Malaria - Inter Press Service

Thirsty world: Desperate quest for water - CNN

Better water, sanitation keys to easing poverty - Reuters

Born to die? - The International News (Pakistan)

Vaccine call for 'silent killer' - BBC News

Better water, sanitation keys to easing poverty-UN - Reuters Africa

World Food Day Highlights Severity of Global Hunger, Public's Will to Eradicate It - Voice of America

1M die of pneumococcal disease needlessly - UPI

Meltdown Could Derail U.N. Development Agenda - Inter Press Service

Global Handwashing Day Celebrated Worldwide - The World Bank

World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach - World Health Organization

In the fight to save children's lives, washing hands takes centre stage - UNICEF

Hand Washing: So Important, It Gets a Day Of Its Own - Voice of America

City kids on handwashing bout - Times of India

World leaders 'need to fight killer pneumonia' - Metro (UK)

In Sierra Leone, Every Pregnancy Is a 'Chance of Dying' - Washington Post

Hunger in India states 'alarming' - BBC News

Sweetened pill could help children beat malaria - Reuters Africa

A Mother's Final Look at Life - Washington Post

On track to deliver - Mail & Guardian

India's silent tragedy: maternal mortality finds a voice - UNICEF

UNICEF highlights new tool to analyze high maternal mortality rates in India - UN News Centre

UNICEF, others vaccinate 3.5 million Mozambican kids against measles - Afrique en ligne

Renewed Fight Against Old Killer - Inter Press Service

Global Health Spending Priorities - Council on Foreign Relations

Credit crisis threatens disastrous squeeze on aid - Reuters

Neonatal Mortality Halved By Community-Based Behavior Change - JHU Gazette

Global food crisis looks set to continue - Lancet (subscription req'd)

Where women die daily - Mail & Guardian

Aid Group Says Free Testing, Treatment Essential to Eliminate Malaria - Voice of America

New Money for Malaria - Voice of America

Lack of medical workers causes new health crisis in developing countries - International Herald Tribune

Newborn safety measures acceptable but remain unpracticed - Daily Monitor (Uganda)

New campaign unveiled to distribute small water purification packets to children across the world - Media Global


September 2008

Focus on improving maternal healthcare - New Vision (Uganda)

Food crisis in Africa - Washington Times

'We owe it to all women and children' - Guardian

Why are mothers still dying in childbirth? - Guardian

End to malaria deaths may be near, world leaders say - Los Angeles Times

Help From People Of Faith - Newsweek

Efforts to reduce maternal and child death launched - Philippine News Agency

Commitment to Progress for Mothers, Newborns and Children - Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health

Act now or miss mother and child survival targets, international leaders say - Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health

U.N. Receives New Pledges of Aid Totaling $16 Billion - New York Times

World Leaders Embrace Goal of Ending Malaria Deaths by 2015 - Washington Post

UN chief: $16B being given to help world's poor - International Herald Tribune

Fighting poverty makes business sense to companies - Los Angeles Times

Innovative finance for women and children - Lancet (subscription req'd)

Economic storms threaten development - BBC News

Community-based newborn care: are we there yet? - Lancet (subscription req'd)

Economic storms threaten development -  BBC News

A better beginning for the world's babies -  CNN

Time to review the development goals -  Guardian

World leaders to give new impetus to fight against poverty -  AFP

At General Assembly event, a call for equity and action on development goals -  UNICEF

Africa needs our help to defeat malaria -  Globe & Mail

All out on poverty: How close are we to the UN's targets? -  Guardian (series)
-  UN poised to play catch-up (introduction)
-  Human costs of food crisis
-  No room for complacency (water and sanitation)
-  'It takes education and communication' (water and sanitation)
-  Introduction: Health
-  Thirty-year setback means more will die (child mortality)
-  Malaria: 'Nets are something they can understand'
-  Parental warning (maternal health)
-  Simple things that can make a difference (global partnerships)
-  Perfect prescription? (global partnerships)

Failing the World's Poor -  New York Times

Improving health in fragile states -  BBC News

Extreme poverty the focus at U.N. summit -  Christian Science Monitor

UN Meetings Highlight African Needs -  Voice of America

Millennium Development Goals Conference: Development Diary -  Financial Times

Financial crisis casts cloud over UN poverty meeting -  Reuters Africa

World leaders to take stock of Africa's development -  AFP

Rwanda reduces malaria deaths by half -  New Times (Rwanda)

Nearly all maternal deaths occur in developing countries, UNICEF report finds -  UN News Centre

Death in Birth -  TIME

UNICEF report calls deaths of mothers 'an unspeakable tragedy' for women and children -  UNICEF

Malaria deaths cut, but more work needed -  Guardian

WHO slashes estimate of global malaria infections -  Reuters

WHO Says Malaria Control Programs Making Progress -  Voice of America

Malaria Treatment Fails to Reach Children in Africa -  Bloomberg

Progress made in malaria control, yet burden is enormous -  World Health Organization

Global Malaria Estimates Are Reduced -  TIME

Vaccines could prevent quarter of child deaths -  Reuters Africa

Releasing Declining Numbers for Child Mortality, UNICEF Calls for Increased Efforts to Save Children's Lives -  UNICEF

As child deaths continue to decline, UNICEF calls for increased efforts -  UNICEF

Child Deaths Down 27% Since 1990 -  CBS News

Fewer Children Under Age 5 Dying from Preventable Diseases -  Voice of America

UNICEF: child mortality down 27 percent since 1990 -  Associated Press

Huge split in child death rates -  BBC News

Child deaths fall slightly to 9.2 mln in 2007-UN -  Reuters

Asia poverty level down, child health poor - U.N. report -  Reuters

UN Report Gives Mixed Review on Poverty Reduction Goals -  Voice of America

Child mortality 30 years after the Alma-Ata Declaration -  Lancet (subscription req'd)

Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health -  Lancet (subscription req'd)

Integrating health interventions for women, newborn babies, and children: a framework for action -  Lancet (subscription req'd)

Sub-Saharan Africa 'will be without sanitation till 2100' -  Telegraph

Health progress remains fragile -  BBC News

Poverty-reduction aid lags, study finds -  Los Angeles Times

Massive national campaign for accelerated child survival in Tanzania -  UNICEF

UNICEF to provide thousands of extra bed nets in fight against malaria -  UN News Service

Childhood pneumonia deaths: a new role for health workers? -  Lancet (subscription req'd)

Care at first-level facilities for children with severe pneumonia in Bangladesh: a cohort study -  Lancet

Donors' Aid to Poor Nations Declines, U.N. Reports -  New York Times

Families hard hit by food crisis  -  IRIN News

Talking Dirty - The Politics of Clean Water and Sanitation (pdf) -  New England Journal of Medicine

Less talk and more action, global aid conference told -  Reuters

AID WORKER DIARY: Fighting Ethiopia's food crisis -  Reuters AlertNet

Malawi shines in reducing child deaths -  Daily Times (Malawi)


August 2008

Afghan child mortality linked to uneducated mothers -  Reuters

Fighting Children's Silent Killer -  AllAfrica.com

Country May Not Reduce Child Mortality, Says Report -  AllAfrica.com

Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission -  World Health Organization

First-Ever National Deworming Campaign Treats More than 5 Million Children and Pregnant Women in Rwanda -  PR Web

Pneumonia kills more children than malaria -  Daily Monitor (Uganda)

Care at first-level facilities for children with severe pneumonia in Bangladesh: a cohort study -  Lancet (subscription req'd)

Pneumonia Kills Two Million Children Yearly -  AllAfrica.com

Maternal Hand Washing Saves Newborns' Lives -  JHU Gazette

Ethiopia: Warning for children worldwide (commentary) -  Washington Times

Child survival: India and China's challenges -  Lancet  (subscription req'd)

Government Of Japan Donation Will Improve Child Health Across Sudan -  Medical News Today

U.N. Reveals Growing Rich-Poor Divide Threatens Child Health In Asia-Pacific -  AHN

Namibia Lags Behind in Hygiene and Sanitation - Unicef -  New Era (Namibia)

Vote for foreign aid (editorial) -  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Poverty still grips millions in India -  BBC News

Ethiopia faces a new food crisis -  Los Angeles Times

Making a Child's Life Better in Every Corner -  New York Times

Ministry stresses breast feeding -  Fiji Times

Unite for children by supporting mothers -  Yemen Times

India, China Must Boost Spending to Cut Child Deaths, UN Says -  Bloomberg.com

Bangladesh: Economic disparities widening - UNICEF -  IRIN News

Child health in India, China key to attaining world health goals -  AFP

As breast feeding is declining in Nigeria, infant mortality rates are rising -  Vanguard (Nigeria)

UNICEF Report says China, India Hold Key to Asia Sustaining Improved Child Survival Rates -  Voice of America

Much of Asia fails in healthcare, children suffer: U.N. -  Reuters India

Rich, poor gap in Asia putting children's lives at risk: UN -  AFP

Children 'left out' of Asia's boom -  AlJazeera.net

Some Folks Dropped By The Office -  The ONE Blog

Malawi distributes one million free nets to fight malaria -  AFP

Nutrition interventions that work -  Business Daily (Kenya)

Countdown to 2015 for maternal, newborn, and child survival (correspondence) -  Lancet

Breastfeeding can save thousands of children -  New Nation (Bangladesh)

World breastfeeding week 2008: going for the gold by supporting mothers to breastfeed -  World Health Organization

UN calls for increased support for breastfeeding mothers -  UN News Centre

World Breastfeeding Week 2008 - Unite for children: support mothers -  Al Bawaba

Mother Support Maximizes Life-saving Benefits of Breastfeeding in all Countries of the Americas and the World -  Pan American Health Organization


July 2008

Unicef - Rivers Child Mortality Rate Drops -  AllAfrica.com

Child mortality stays high despite India's boom -  Guardian

Nigeria's high child mortality -  Daily Sun (Nigeria)

Newborn Vitamin A Reduces Infant Mortality, Study Finds -  Johns Hopkins University Gazette

A Different Kind of Water Torture -  Huffington Post

Africa Makes Uneven Progress in Improving Health Care for Women and Infants -  Voice of America

Good Governance, Improved Medical Training Help Improve Maternal Health -  Voice of America

UN in call for basic sanitation -  BBC News

Report: Billions of People Lack Clean Water and Sanitation -  Voice of America

Maternal Health: The Countdown to 2015 -  Voice of America

Country Hopeful to Achieve Access to Basic Sanitation for All - Expert Media Said Failed to Report On Sanitation, Related Issues -  AllAfrica.com

'Breakthrough' in malaria fight -  BBC News

Mind That Child: Roll back childhood illnesses -  Daily News (Tanzania)

G-8 commitment to global health lauded by UN agencies -  UN News Centre

Single oral dose of vitamin A may help reduce infant mortality by 15pc -  Andhra News

Children: War against malaria -  Sunday Tribune (Nigeria)

Dar on course to reduce child deaths -  Daily News (Tanzania)

G8 to hear sanitation cash plea -  BBC News

The GAVI Alliance's new vaccine strategy -  The Lancet (subscription required)

Healing starts at home -  Mail & Guardian

Plea for Aid to Avert Starvation -  New York Times

UN-backed group issues recommendations on advancing Africa's development -  UN News Centre

Foreign policy and global public health: working together towards common goals -  Bulletin of the World Health Organization


June 2008

Desire to End Malaria Makes Sense, but Is It Realistic? -  Voice of America

Maternal And Child Health In India -  Voice of America

Health For All -  BBC Radio

A Life Saver Called "Plumpynut" -  CBS News/60 Minutes

Children Call On Government to Act to Attain MDGs -  AllAfrica.com

Communities Set to Tackle Child Killer Diseases -  AllAfrica.com

Food Crisis Mortgages Children's Future -  Inter Press Service

Maternal and child mortality rates improving in Zambia -  Afrik.com

Child survival in Africa -  Namibian

Child mortality rate reduced by half -  Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Panel Urges G-8 to Increase Africa Aid -  Washington Post

Rich Nations Are Failing on Africa Aid Commitments, Group Says -  Bloomberg.com

Child deaths rate still high: Unicef -  The Citizen (Tanzania)

Stopping malaria's death march -  Baltimore Sun

2 million Malawi children targeted for vitamin 'A' supplement -  afrol News

Food aid declines to near 50-year low -  Financial Times

Child survival gains in Ethiopia threatened by malnutrition -  The UK Committee for UNICEF

Five million children die every year in Africa -  The Madison Times

Government of Japan provides US$4.33 million to support maternal and child survival in Afghanistan -  UNICEF

Health Experts urge use of data to prevent rotavirus deaths -  Antara News (Indonesia)

A New Attack on Malaria -  New England Journal of Medicine

Malawi tops in deaths of under-five children -  The Daily Times (Malawi)

Ten Million Children Die annually before 5th birthday - UNICEF Rep -  The Point (Gambia)

Immunisation: A child health survival step -  Times of Zambia

Information technology helps Rwandan clinics reach out -  The New Times

Uganda: Infant Mortality Rate Still High -  AllAfrica.com


May 2008

UNICEF Reports Five Million Child Deaths Every Year -  Inter Press Service

Food crisis may worsen African child mortality: U.N. -  Reuters

Low cost remedies 'can save 0.8m babies yearly' -  The Citizen (Tanzania)

Unicef calls for global efforts to improve African child survival -  China View

Boosted investment in health key to help Africa's children, says UNICEF -  UN News Centre

Zambia: Significant child survival progress -  UNICEF

Poverty Thrives Amid Unprecedented Prosperity -  Inter Press Service

Diarrheal Disease (letter to the editor) -  New York Times

Ethiopian children dying daily from starvation -  CNN

Send in the Latrines -  New York Times

Vitamin A campaign targets 19 million children -  IRIN News

How communities can win battle against malaria -  Focus Media (Kigali, Rwanda)

Helping kids survive (Editorial) -  Buffalo News

Bringing Health Care Closer to Home is Key to Saving Children's Lives -  Voice of America

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

UN throws spotlight on pneumonia, world's biggest killer of children - UN News Centre

It's time to swat malaria - Fort Worth Star-Telegram


April 2008

Public Health Experts, NGOs See Progress Against Malaria - Voice of America

Early prevention is best, says child malnutrition study - Daily Monitor (Uganda)

Food Crisis May Get Worse Before it Gets Better - Inter Press Service

Rapid Malaria Tests Change Medical Diagnoses in Africa - Voice of America

Malaria Campaigns Ramp Up Focus on Bed Nets - Inter Press Service

First-ever World Malaria Day Kicks Off April 25 - Voice of America

UN effort to end malaria deaths - BBC News

PHILIPPINES: Six provinces declared malaria-free - IRIN News

Rural farmers turn malaria medics in Sierra Leone - Reuters AlertNet

SRI LANKA: On track to eliminate malaria - IRIN News

Child immunization program has saved millions of lives - Seattle Times

Tanzania gains in maternal, child survival - The Citizen (Tanzania)

Mother, child deaths 'high' - The Standard (Kenya)

Why are Uganda's old diseases dying hard? - Daily Monitor (Uganda)

Govt Trains Health Workers to Reduce Childhood Diseases - AllAfrica.com

Millions of Children Falling Through the Cracks - Inter Press Service

The Terrible Plight of Afghan Children - ABC News

Bangladesh 'on track' to achieve MDG on child survival - The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

G8 Action Urged to Avert Six Million Mother and Child Deaths Every Year - Press Release - Partnership for Newborn, Maternal & Child Health

Experts And Leaders Discuss Cutting Maternal And Child Deaths - AllAfrica.com

India fails to curb infant deaths - The Times of India

Bottom of The Class in Saving Mothers and Babies - AllAfrica.com

Tanzania to achieve UN goal of reducing child deaths - Africa News

Child survival gains in Tanzania: analysis of data from demographic and health surveys - The Lancet

Mind the gap: equity and trends in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services in 54 Countdown countries - The Lancet

Few Countries on Track to Curb Maternal, Child Mortality Rates - Washington Post

50 nations not meeting goals on birth deaths - Guardian

One quick shot may not be enough - Economist

On a Roll Against Malaria - AllAfrica.com

Pneumonia is leading killer of children, says experts - Central Chronicle (India)

Development goals 'falling short' - BBC News

Ethekwini Aims to Reduce Infant, Maternal Deaths - AllAfrica.com

Vitamin A campaign targets deficient children - IRIN News

Towards Enhanced Vaccination - AllAfrica.com


March 2008

Taking steps to save children's lives - Daily Herald (Provo, Utah)

On World Water Day, a mighty global thirst - Christian Science Monitor

Better sanitation has huge economic spin-offs: UN - Reuters UK

Blog: Creating Safe Drinking Water is Not Rocket Science - ONE Campaign

Frist pushes bill to reduce infant deaths - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Frist tells Congress of his new campaign - Knoxville News Sentinel

Bill Frist urges Congress to fund child welfare in developing countries - WBIR.com

Our children are dying - The Times (South Africa)

Another Day, Another Hope for Premature Babies - AllAfrica.com

SIERRA LEONE: Child and maternal mortality worst in the world - UNICEF - Reuters

Pneumonia still major killer of children - New Nation (Bangladesh)


February 2008

Malaria can be beaten in many places, map shows - Reuters

Child survival calls for target-specific policies - OneWorld South Asia

Zinc helps with diarrhea in children: study - Reuters

Zanzibar's Example In Fighting Malaria - Washington Post

Uganda: Infant, Maternal Deaths Still High - AllAfrica.com

Bush offers more aid to fight malaria in Africa - Washington Post

Imagine - ONE Campaign Blog

ETHIOPIA: Strategy to focus on malnutrition - IRIN News

UNICEF, Yemeni government rush to help prevent child mortality - Yemen Times

Anti-Malaria Efforts Yield New Success - Washington Post

Net Benefits: Bed Netting, Drugs Stem Malaria Deaths - Scientific American

Rwanda: Malaria Battle Succeeds, Says WHO - AllAfrica.com

Anti-Malaria Efforts Yield New Success - Washington Post

Nets and New Drug Make Inroads Against Malaria - New York Times


January 2008

Namibia: Maternal Death Rate Shoots Up - AllAfrica.com

WEST AFRICA: Why is child development stalled? - IRIN News

The starvelings - Economist

Children's Health: Help is still needed - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A shaming report - The Herald (U.K.)

Child Deaths Down, But Still Too Many: UNICEF - OneWorld.net

Child Mortality Highest in Sierra Leone - Associated Press

Africa 'lagging on child deaths' - BBC News

Child mortality toll dips below 10 million: UNICEF - Reuters

Survival is tough in Sierra Leone - BBC News

YEMEN: Slow progress in reducing child mortality rates - IRIN News

Nigeria: Maternal Mortality - Safeguarding Expectant Mothers - AllAfrica.com

Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences - Lancet

Poor diets 'kill 3.5m children' - BBC News

First two years in a child's life key to adult development - IRIN News

Undernutrition behind third of child deaths: studies - Reuters

Poor sanitation kills 5,000 children a day-report - Reuters

Letters to the Editor: When Illnesses Vie for Our Dollars (registration) - New York Times

Childhood pneumonia can be treated at home - Reuters

Op-Ed: Putting a Plague in Perspective (registration) - New York Times


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