Canada Lauded By UNICEF For Programs, Research Aimed At Reducing Child Deaths

The Canadian-supported program provides integrated primary care delivering life-saving health and nutrition services to some 17 million people in 11 West and Central African countries. From 2002 to 2006, independent estimates show the integrated approach reduced childhood mortality rates 20 per cent in communities and countries that used it, Fisher said. "You compare it with, I would say, more traditional declines in child mortality, and this was really rapid by comparison." He said Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency are trying to bring all of their health interventions on maternal and child health under one umbrella, and Tuesday's report is a call to action to implement the integrated management of childhood services on a much more global scale. "We know what to do, it's affordable, but we need really to increase global partnership and investment to really see the benefits in terms of millions more of children's lives affected and saved." http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080122/national/child_death_report

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