G7 must act to prevent deaths, say charities
Many aid agencies are using the G7 to lobby world leaders for resources in a critical year for development. |||
London – The survival of 17 000 children and 800 mothers is at stake every day unless the world’s top industrialised nations, set to meet in Germany, muster the political will and money to end preventable maternal and infant deaths, a global charity said.
Save the Children said although the world had halved the number of preventable child deaths since 1990, an estimated 6.3 million under-fives and 289 000 women still die from preventable diseases and complications …read more
Source: Independent Online
