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From lip-service to genuine accountability: how to monitor the pledge to Leave No One Behind
A report released today on the Sustainable Development Goals offers a message of hope. It suggests governments are starting to step up their efforts to meet the SDGs and ensure no one is left behind.
Fighting to protect children from the devastation of war
A child reflects on the latest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
It’s time to stop the war on children
Unleash Youth Power: Children against FGM in Ethiopia
In a school hidden from view in the walled city of Harar, something revolutionary is happening. Girls and boys are taking a stand against the devastating practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Led by ten-year-old Saada* “I THOUGHT I WOULD LOSE HER” “My friend came to me and said she was getting circumcised,” says Saada*, […]
A critical shot in the fight against deadly childhood pneumonia
Approval of a new pneumococcal vaccine that promises lower immunisation costs has unleashed a powerful new weapon in the fight against childhood pneumonia.
Stopping pneumonia – the biggest child killer
Five years ago governments made an important promise to the world’s children. Enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world’s ambitious but achievable targets for 2030 embraced by 193 countries, is a pledge to end the scourge of preventable child deaths. Redeeming the pledge will take a concerted drive to combat pneumonia, the deadliest […]
The world must act on childhood pneumonia
At the first ever global forum on pneumonia, leading agencies including Save the Children and UNICEF are meeting to boost efforts in the fight against the disease. This comes after new analysis from Johns Hopkins University found that nine million lives could be saved by scaling up the fight against the childhood pneumonia. PNEUMONIA DEATHS […]