East African Countries Lead the World in Preventing Child Deaths But Poorest Children Being Left Behind - Save the Children
Children triggering in their community, Sidama, Ethiopia Photo by Berhanu Tunsisa, Plan Ethiopia PRESS RELEASE Countries of East Africa are making significant progress in reducing preventable child deaths, according to a new report by Save the Children that shows how Ethiopia and Tanzania have already met their targets set out under the Millennium Development Goals and Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda are not far behind. In a new evaluation of countries' progress in tackling preventable child deaths developed by Save the Children, the NGO warns that globally, four million more lives could have been saved if governments had focused equally on the poorest children as they have done on the 'low-hanging fruit': the less-poor children in less-remote areas. The report, Lives on the Line , looks at how countries are progressing towards meeting their Millennium Development Goal of reducing preventable child deaths by two-thirds. However, in contrast with many prog