On Mother's Day, tell Congress to support children's health

Today is Mother's Day in the U.S. On this occasion, please join me in taking the following action from the Save the Children Federation and tell your Congressman and Senators to support the Global Child Survival Act:

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This Mother’s Day, millions of families will 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. This May, nearly a million parents worldwide will lose a young child.

Every year, 10 million children under five die from preventable and treatable diseases. 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 stagnate in recent years.

Members of Congress have stepped up and introduced the U.S. Commitment to 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.