A largely invisible tragedy is happening now. Over nine million children die yearly from preventable or treatable diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia and measles.
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 decline by 20 percent in the last 10 years.
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