Some facts
Child health
17,000 fewer children die each day than in 1990, but more than six million children still die before their fifth birthday each year
Since 2000, measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths
Maternal health
Maternal mortality has fallen by almost 50 per cent since 1990
More women are receiving antenatal care. In developing regions, antenatal care increased from 65 per cent in 1990 to 83 per cent in 2012
Targets
• Reduce the number of mothers who die giving birth to their children.
• Prevent the deaths of newborns and children under five years old.
• End epidemics such as HIV/AIDS and other diseases, such as hepatitis or waterborne diseases.
How would you feel going to school hungry?
How would you feel if you couldn’t take your kid to the doctors?
What if you had no water?
what do you think?
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