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| Why the G8 matters to children | |
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In March 2009, World Vision released a briefing paper presenting ten policy calls in advance of the G8 Summit to be held in Italy this year. In English, French and Italian versions, we call on the G8 leaders to take several critical steps to improve child and maternal health, and the quantity and quality of overseas development aid.
Significant improvements have occurred in child and maternal health in recent years; the total death rate of children is dropping. The actions and leadership of the G8 have been critical to this achievement. But the current economic crisis and global food challenges threaten to turn these successes around. During times of economic downturn, world governments have a critical role to play in helping to generate demand in the economy and to protect the most vulnerable and those hurt most by economic contraction. Click here to read this short briefing paper...
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| Latest edition of GLOBAL FUTURE
The global financial crisis and the poor | |
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The global financial crisis that engulfed the world in 2008 and continues to wreak havoc today is unique. The tumultuous events in financial markets over the past year, coming on top of the global food crisis, have forced practitioners and theorists alike to fundamentally re-assess how development can be achieved in a highly integrated world. This first edition of Global Future for 2009 contains a stimulating sample of new thinking about the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries, and the responsibilities of the developed world to mitigate its effects and prevent its recurrence. Read more...
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 | GLOBAL FUTURE - No 1 2009 |
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| Who's counting? 9.2 million children - the cost of inaction on child health | |
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World Vision's February 2009 policy briefing Who's counting? calls on world leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos to pay equal attention to the child mortality crisis as they have been paying to the global economic crisis.
The child survival crisis is claiming the life of one child every three seconds, but gains little media and public attention, and is routinely ignored by decision makers. Yet a large and growing body of research and field experience indicates that provision of appropriate health services at community and district levels will make a very big difference to the lives of poor children and their mothers,
- saving the lives of around six million children each year;
- reducing the number of maternal deaths by around 400,000 each year; and
- allowing much more effective responses to existing infectious diseases such as HIV and AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
This requires an investment in scaling-up of basic health services, putting children and families at the centre, and a change in focus to ensure that adequate attention and resources are provided for preventive care. Read more...
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