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Steady progress has been made, but many

more lives can be saved

World leaders have been steadast in their commitment to child survival and well-being

starting in late 1989 with the adoption o the Convention on the Rights o the Child. In 1990, t

global community united behind the World Summit or Children. A decade later, world lead

adopted the Millennium Declaration, which led to the subsequent adoption o the MDGs an

positioned children at the centre o eight critical targets or human development. In 2002,

the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution to build A World Fit

or Children.

This sustained commitment to children has contributed to a remarkable decrease in child

mortality that is unprecedented in human history. Over the past two decades, the number o

under-ve deaths has allen dramatically, rom nearly 12 million in 1990 to 6.9 million i n 20

Yet, even as the global and regional under-ve mortality rates have allen, the number o ch

deaths still remains unacceptably high. Every year, millions o children die rom causes thahave the power to prevent and diseases that we have the ability to treat.

The time has come to recommit to child survival and renew the promise to give every child

best possible start in lie.

Join us.

Visit the website

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www.apromiserenewed

Twitter: #Promise4Child

Facilitated by the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

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For the frst time in history we have the knowledge, technical expertise

and innovative tools needed to mitigate the risk o young children

dying rom preventable causes. Evidence shows that t remendous

progress is possible, even in the most difcult settings. By pledging

support or A Promise Renewed, partners commit to redoubling eorts

to accelerate the declines in the number o under-fve and maternal

deaths, enabling more countries to achieve MDGs 4 and 5 by 2015 and

to sustain the progress well into the uture.

Everyone has a role to play in achieving the goals o

A Promise Renewed:

Governmentscan take the lead in monitoring and strengthening

country action plans or maternal, newborn and child survival.

Developmentpartners can align their support with national

priorities and targets.

Privatesectorpartnerscan spur innovation and help identiy

new resources or maternal, newborn and child survival.

Civilsocietycan support the communities and amilies whose

decisions and actions have a direct impact on prospects or

maternal, newborn and child survival.

Individualcitizens can demonstrate support or the

principle that every last child, rich or poor, deserves

the best possible start in lie.

Join the global movement or child survivalTo advance Every Woman Every Child, an initiative launched by the United Nations

Secretary-General, partners rom the public, private and civil society sectors are uniting

around a clear and compelling goal: ending preventable child deaths.

A Promise Renewedis a commitment to all

children, rich and poor, wherever they live.

No child should die of preventable causes.

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Dramatic reductions in preventable

child deaths can be achieved through

concerted action in fve critical areas:

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Renewing the PromiseCommitting to Child Survival: A Promise Renewedis a global eort to accelerate action on maternal,newborn and child survival.

In June 2012, the Governments o Ethiopia, India and the United States convened more than

700 representatives rom government, civil society and the private sector or the Child Survival

Call to Action in Washington, D.C. Evidence presented at the high-level orum demonstrated that

it is easible to eliminate the grossest o inequities the disparate child survival rates that persist

between the poorest and richest nations. A modelling exercise showed that most countries can

lower national rates o child mortality to 20 or ewer deaths per 1,000 live births by 2035.

To make the most o this extraordinary opportunity, governments and partners are uniting under

the banner oA Promise Renewedto support concerted action on three ronts:

Strengthening evidence-based country action plans: Participating governments are

sharpening their country action plans to accelerate progress towards the Millennium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs) and setting ve-year milestones to monitor progress rom 2015 to 2035.

Monitoring and reporting: Governments and

partners are increasing the availability and accessibility

o data and analysis on maternal, newborn and child

mortality to encourage stronger accountability or child

survival. Each year, UNICEF and partners will release

global progress reports to stimulate public dialogue

and sustain the political commitment to child survival.

Promoting global communication and social

mobilization or child survival: Governments and

partners are mobilizing broad-based social support or

the principle that no child should die rom preventable

causes. By harnessing the power o mobile technology,

governments and partners are engaging all citizens,

especially women and youth, in the search or innovative

solutions to maternal, newborn and child survival.

Many countries have achieved marked declines in child

mortality over the past two decades, including some that

had very high mortality rates in 1990.

Globally, reductions in under-fve mortality rates, combined

with declining ertility rates in many regions and countries,

have lowered the number o child deaths rom nearly

12 million in 1990 to 6.9 million in 2011.

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