Support the Global Child Survival Act

Every day, millions of families celebrate life's most fundamental bond between mother and child. And yet for too many families in poor countries, the joy of parenthood is cut short by anguish. Every month, nearly a million parents worldwide will lose a young child. 

Every 3 seconds a child dies from a preventable or treatable cause. That is 28,000 every day. Our goal for this petition is 28,000 signatures, symbolic of this statistic. Ten million children under five die from preventable and treatable diseases every year. They're not dying from mysterious, incurable diseases, but from diarrhea, pneumonia, malnutrition and other causes that would be unthinkable in our own country. 

The significant commitment of the United States to children's health in the developing world contributed to a 50 percent reduction in child mortality between 1960 and 1990. And yet we've allowed funding for global maternal and child health programs to decline by 20 percent in the last 10 years. 

Members of Congress have stepped up and introduced the Global Child Survival Act. This legislation would recommit the United States to improving children's health by expanding funding for proven solutions like immunizations and antibiotics.

Please tell your representatives in Congress to support the Global Child Survival Act.

Dear Congressperson,

A largely invisible tragedy happens every year as 10 million children die from preventable or treatable diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia, and measles. I urge you to support the Global Child Survival Act to address the death and illness of children in the world's poorest countries.

U.S. leadership has made an enormous contribution in saving children's lives, but funding for these programs has remained stagnant in recent years. Effective and affordable tools exist that could prevent the deaths of millions of children each year. Immunizations, antibiotics, clean drinking water and vitamin supplements are a few of the simple interventions that we know can save lives.

Please support the bipartisan Global Child Survival Act and help ensure that the tools we have available are put to use improving the health of children and families around the world. To cosponsor this bill or for more information, please contact Nina Schwartz with Rep. Betty McCollum or Ziad Haider with Senator Chris Dodd.


Sincerely,


[Your name]

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