Children's News From Washington
GAC & North American Bear announce winners of the Halloween Monsterpiece contest
November 5, 2009: Two talented young artists from California and Maryland will have their monsterpieces brought to life by the North American Bear Company!
GAC leads NGO community in letter of support for child survival and vaccines
November 3, 2009: A growing coalition of advocates sign a Statement of Support for Newborn, Child and Maternal Health urging more resources for childhood vaccines and other child survival programs.
GAC statement in honor of first World Pneumonia Day
November 2, 2009: Executive Director Kathleen Guy: "We know how to stop this tragedy and we can. With access to vaccines, antibiotics that cost less than a dollar, breastfeeding, and nutrition, a child can defeat pneumonia and other needless diseases so they have the chance to grow up safe and healthy."
Dodd, Durbin, and Corker introduce the Global Child Survival Act
October 30, 2009: The Global Child Survival Act would require the Obama Administration to develop and implement a strategy to improve the health of, and reduce the mortality rates among, newborns and children in developing countries.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs on President Obama’s Global Health Initiative
October 29, 2009: Global health advocates from around the world joined voices today to support programs that save lives. Dr. Jeffrey Sachs was part of the activity and you can read his comments here.
Children’s News from the World
CNN: Former child soldier undoes past, one landmine at a time
November 6, 2009: Aki Ra was forced to be a child soldier in the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia in the early 1980s, taught to shoot a gun and plant deadly landmines. Years later, when the United Nations came in to help restore peace to Cambodia, Aki Ra decided he needed to undo the damage he and others had done, so he began demining on his own after spending a year training with U.N. deminers.
ReliefWeb: USAID provides $400 million in humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia
November 5, 2009: The American people have provided more than 464,000 metric tons of emergency food aid and more than $60 million in emergency nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, and similar non-food assistance over the last year to support vulnerable families and communities in Ethiopia.
UNICEF: State of the World’s Children report to be released Nov 19
November 5, 2009: The report will focus on the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly - released one day before the anniversary itself.
IPS News: Vaccines, antibiotics could slash pneumonia deaths
November 3, 2009: Seven-month-old Marta lived in the central highlands of Guatemala when she came down with a high fever and rapid, shallow breathing. The local community health worker diagnosed her with severe pneumonia, gave her a dose of antibiotics, and advised her grandfather to take her to the hospital over 19 miles away. Marta beat pneumonia, thanks to a proper medical assessment and life-saving drugs.
Reuters: Leading organizations join forces to launch first annual World Pneumonia Day on November 2
November 2, 2009: "Resources and political will are standing between children and their futures," write Senator Bill Frist and Rwandan Minister of Health Dr. Richard Sezibera.
