“This time it is different," said Dr. Raj Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. "You see the five countries that have 50 percent of all child mortality - India, Pakistan, Nigeria, DRC and Ethiopia coming - being co-hosts - making strong statements about their national strategies, commitments, resources, and score cards. You see international organizations being willing to hold themselves to account.”
Shah is hopeful the new way forward of targeting resources into the most affected countries is a better approach to reducing child mortality.
“There is no excuse why anybody dies from malaria," said Ray Chambers, the U.N. Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Malaria. "And that’s why we turned up the heat - to eliminate deaths.”
Most deaths among children under five result from preventable illnesses such as malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea, and from neonatal complications.
“It has to be driven by the political will of each and every country - each leader at the national level, at the province level, at the district level has to support it,” said Seth Berkley, who heads the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI).
Berkley says success in these efforts will require taking full advantage of new diagnostic technologies and new medicines - and making health services accessible to everyone who needs them.
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