Every Child ALIVE

China has made significant advancements to reduce under-five mortality. However, there is still work to do in preventing newborn death.

A child’s birth and the 28 days that follow are the most dangerous period of her life. Around half of all under-five children who died in 2017 were newborns.

These children are not dying because we don’t have the tools to save them. Most newborn deaths are caused by preventable and treatable conditions: complications due to prematurity or during delivery, and congenital disabilities.

However, affordable treatment and reliable interventions are not yet reaching every mother and child who need them most – mortality rates remain high in more impoverished, rural areas.

No parents should experience the heartbreak of watching their child suffer or die.

We can and must do better.

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We believe that a future where every child is born to thrive is not only possible but necessary. Together with you, we will work to make this a reality.