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Wright, Simon
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Transformative Aid: How UK aid can transform global development and children’s futures
In the Prime Minister’s first remarks from Downing Street, he outlined his aspiration for a powerful Britain that is “generous in temper and engaged with the world”.1 In order to fulfil this ambition of reshaping the UK’s role on the world-stage – at the
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Fighting for Breath: A call to action on childhood pneumonia
This report shows that pneumonia, ‘the forgotten child killer,’ is responsible for the deaths of more children under five than any other disease. It kills two children in this age group every minute—more than malaria, diarrhoea, and measles combined. More
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A Common Cause: Reaching every woman and child through universal health coverage
Countries around the world have committed to a historic ambition: to end preventable child and maternal deaths within a generation. A Common Cause shows why two key movements in global health – maternal and child health, and Universal Health Coverage – ne
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Small Doses: Finding and making the medicines children need
Millions of people still die every year from preventable infectious diseases and other conditions and many more are left to suffer with the lifelong debilitating effects of untreated illnesses. This is truer for children in low- and middle-income countrie
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A Wake-Up Call: Lessons from Ebola for the world's health systems
The circumstances and reasons for the Ebola virus spreading in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are complex – including the lack of early warning and surveillance, delays in recognising the importance of providing safe and dignified burials, and lack of f
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Paying for Medicines under Universal Health Coverage
Universal health coverage (UHC) is defined as all people in a country being able to use the quality health services they need without being forced into poverty. It is grounded in the human right to health. Paying direct cash when consulting a health profe
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Une Sonnette d’Alarme: Les enseignements tirés de l’épidémie d’Ebola pour les systèmes de santé du monde entier
When the Ebola crisis first broke out in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, it was not contained because national health systems were severely lacking personnel, equipment, and resources to prevent its spread. Une Sonnette d’Alarm e calls for us to take
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Ending Newborn Deaths: Ensuring every baby survives
This report shows that, in 2012, 2.9 million babies died within 28 days of being born: two out of every five child deaths. Of these, 1 million babies died within 24 hours. Causes of these deaths include premature birth, complications during birth and infe
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Superfood for babies: How overcoming barriers to breastfeeding will save children’s lives
Superfood for Babies is a global call to action to rediscover the importance of breastfeeding and to support mothers to breastfeed their babies – especially in the poorest communities in the poorest countries. The four major barriers that prevent mothers
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Lives on the Line: An Agenda for Ending Preventable Child Deaths
Child mortality is not simply a health challenge, but also a political, economic and social challenge. Reducing child mortality rates requires broad coalitions for change that marshal knowledge, resources, political commitment and accountability for resul
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Vaccines For All. Help save 4 million children's lives by 2015
Nearly two million children still die from vaccine-preventable diseases each year. The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) leads worldwide efforts to improve access to vaccines. It aims to immunise 243 million children by 2015 and save fo