Special days and events throughout the year provide opportunities to learn and take action on child survival issues. For more information, visit the following pages:

Congressional Briefing:  Accelerating Progress in Child Survival and Maternal Health

On March 31, 2009 the Congressional Global Health Caucus sponsored a briefing on the state of child survival and maternal health.  A distinguished panel of experts provided a global overview of child and maternal health, with a focus on strategies that work to save child and mother lives – and how the United States can lead the world in making child survival and maternal health a priority.

Mark Mother's Day With a Gift for the World's Children

Every three seconds, a mother in a poor country faces the death of a child under the age of five. Most of the time, it's due to preventable disease or condition. Yet experts believe that with a concerted effort, millions of children could be saved. Give hope to mothers. Give life for their children.

On World Malaria Day - Make a Buzz for Children

April 25, 2008 marked the first official global health day focused on malaria, a disease that kills nearly 1 million children under five each year.