Tuesday January 6, 2009, 9:39 am
Every year, nearly 10 million children under age 5 die, mostly from preventable and treatable diseases. Nearly 27,000 children die every day. Pneumonia, diarrhea and complications during childbirth are leading causes of death. Malnutrition is an underlying contributor in over half of these deaths. 98 percent of under-5 deaths occur in developing countries.

Proven, cost-effective interventions can save the lives of millions of children per year. Vitamin A supplementation costs only $0.02 cents for each capsule and prevents blindness and death. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) has helped to reduce diarrhea deaths by half, saving an estimated 1 million lives annually; yet more than 2 million children still die from diarrhea-related causes each year. Essential newborn care-including immunizing mothers, ensuring clean delivery practices, and promoting immediate breastfeeding, immunization, and treatment of infections with antibiotics-could save the lives of 3 million newborns annually.

We can do something to help save millions of young lives, and so can Congress and the new Administration. Members of Congress plan to re-introduce the U.S. Commitment to Global Child Survival Act, legislation that would lead the way in improving children's health by expanding funding for proven solutions like antibiotics and immunizations. Give these 10 million children a stronger chance to live by urging Congress to support this legislation and by encouraging the next President to increase support for maternal, newborn and child health programs.

Tuesday January 6, 2009, 9:48 am
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What Are Your Top 10 Ideas for Change in America?

The Ideas for Change in America competition was created in response to Barack Obama's call for increased citizen involvement in government. The final round of voting began on January 5 and is comprised of the top 3 rated ideas from each of the 30 issues in the first round of the competition, which collectively received more than 250,000 votes.

The top 10 rated ideas from the final round will be presented to the Obama administration on January 16th at an event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, co-hosted by the Case Foundation. At the event we will also announce the launch of a national advocacy campaign behind each idea in collaboration with our nonprofit partners to turn each idea into actual policy. For more information about the competition, click here »


http://www.change.org/ideas?order=top#listSection

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The Case Foundation, a partner of Change.org, is running a campaign called "Change Begins With Me," which calls on citizens across the country to get involved by answering the question: how will YOU commit to bringing about change in your neighborhood, your community or your nation?

http://www.change.org/ideas

Tuesday January 6, 2009, 9:51 am
SIGN, SIGN SIGN SIGN !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS !!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday January 6, 2009, 10:54 pm
Noted and voted 9 votes left. Thanks Marieemma.

Wednesday January 7, 2009, 3:32 am
Link: http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_the_lives_of_children_improve_global_child_health
Noted and signed, 9 votes left.
Thanks Marieemma.

Thursday January 8, 2009, 1:03 pm
Noted, message posted on other page....

Sunday February 1, 2009, 10:25 am
noted signed petition